Field photograph·C01766·1929–30

The cult room at Kition, excavated from the north

Excavated cult room at Kition seen from the north, with a sunken chamber, stone slabs and loose blocks. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01766. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A sunken rectangular room is cut into the excavated ground, with a large rough stone block and a flat carved plaque lying inside. A row of long stone slabs runs along the back of a raised step, and loose dressed blocks lie on the floor beside a stack of stones at left. Steep earth banks with visible layers frame the trench on all sides.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: An excavated cult room at Kition seen from above. A rectangular sunken chamber sits in the centre, with flat stones on its floor and a large broken block lying inside. Along the back edge a row of long stone slabs lies against the earth face beneath a stepped course, and squared blocks are stacked at the left.
Description, scan 3: View down into an excavated area with a square pit cut into the ground and a row of stone slabs along a raised step at the back. A stack of squared blocks stands at the left and loose stone blocks lie on the surface, while rubble and stones fill the pit.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The cult room excavated from the north. Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Kultrummet utgrävt från norr. Kition. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen