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Field photograph·C01767·1929–30

Paraskevi stones in the central pit at Kition

Paraskevi stones in the central pit at Kition: large rough-hewn stone blocks forming a wall in excavated earth.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01767. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close view of a pit wall built of large, rough-hewn stone blocks laid in courses, several with paler, lighter faces. The stones rise above a dark, level soil floor in the foreground, with a diagonal joint and a gap between blocks at the lower left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Paraskevi stones in the central pit at Kition: large cut stone blocks forming the side of an excavated pit
Description, scan 2
A close view of the side of a pit built or cut from large, irregular stone blocks with visible joints between them. Pale patches of weathered surface show on several blocks, and a smoother, darker soil floor lies along the bottom of the frame. The stone face fills most of the image, with a further block edge on the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Paraskevi stones in the central pit.

Swedish, as on the record

Paraskevistenar i mittgropen.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)