Field photograph·C01745·1929–30

Soil conditions by the north gallery at Kition

Rough stone face with soil and cut edges at the bottom of an excavation cutting at Kition — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01745. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Close view of a large, rough stone surface with a pitted, weathered texture filling the upper part of the frame. At its base, dark soil and small stones fill the excavated cutting, with pale cut edges of earth along the left and right sides.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A close view down into an excavation trench, with a large rough, pitted stone face filling the upper half and dark soil and stones on the trench floor below. On the right, a cut edge of pale excavated ground rises beside a block-like step, and a pale cut edge runs along the bottom left. No people or tools are visible.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Soil conditions by the north gallery.

Swedish, as on the record

Jordförhållanden vid norra galleriet.

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