Field photograph·C01759·1929–30

East of the cult room I-III at Kition, deep digging with architectural elements

Deep excavation trench at Kition with squared stone blocks and mudbrick walls, with two people at the edge and in the pit. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01759. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Photographed from above, a deep excavation cutting runs through the ground, with mudbrick walls on the left and a stack of squared stone blocks on the right. A man in a dark vest stands at the top edge holding a rope that runs down into the pit, where a second person in a headcloth stands among loose stones. A wooden box sits at the bottom of the cutting, and a raised platform of excavated earth lies in the foreground.

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Description, scan 2: Overhead view into a deep excavation at Kition, east of cult room I-III. A worker in a headcloth stands in the pit among scattered stones, while a man in boots holds a rope at the top edge. Squared stone blocks are stacked on a ledge beside an earthen wall face.
Description, scan 3: Looking down into a deep trench with steep earth sides, where cut stone blocks are stacked and scattered. A man in a headcloth and light shirt stands among the rubble at the bottom, and another man at the top edge holds a rope that runs down into the cutting. A stepped masonry structure stands at the upper left, and a large squared block lies at the top right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

East of the cult room I-III, deep digging. Architectural elements have been uncovered. Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Öster om kultrummet I-III, djupgrävning. Arkitektoniska delar har grävts fram. Kition. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen