Field photograph·C01762·1929–30

Roman water channel, plan at Kition

Water channel at Kition, covered with flat stone slabs in an excavation trench. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01762. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A narrow excavation trench runs away from the viewer, with earthen sides showing layers of soil. Three large flat stone slabs lie across the channel, one at the far end and two side by side nearer the camera. Small stones are scattered over the ground surface at the left.

Other scans of this record (2)

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Description, scan 2: A narrow excavated trench runs away from the camera, with earth sides and a channel beneath three large flat stone slabs. Two slabs lie side by side at the near end, one cracked, and a third lies above them further back. Loose stones and pebbles lie on the ground at the left edge.
Description, scan 3: Looking down a narrow excavation trench with steep earth sides, a channel runs away from the camera. Three large flat stone slabs cover it in the foreground, one set across the top and two side by side below, with a crack in the lower pair. Loose stones and soil lie on the ground at the left, and the channel's inner walls are visible beyond the slabs.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Roman water channel, plan. Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Romersk vattenränna, plan. Kition. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen