Field photograph·C01753·1929–30

Under the floor where the statues were found, Kition

Excavated corner of a cult room at Kition, with a patch of broken floor material lying in the trench — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01753. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into a deep excavation trench at a corner where two faces of packed earth and stone rise up. A pale, irregular patch of broken material lies on the dark soil of the trench floor, and a stone block stands at the right edge. The soil in the foreground is smooth and dark.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: The photograph looks down into an excavated pit at Kition, where two steep faces of earth meet in a corner. A pale, broken patch of material lies on the darker floor of the cutting near the centre. Loose soil and small stones cover the bottom of the trench, with the cut edge of the excavation running along the right side.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Under the floor where the statues were found. The northwest corner of the cult room. Floor level 2.00.

Swedish, as on the record

Under golvet där statyerna hittades. Kultrummets nordvästra hörn. Golvnivå 2.00.