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Field photograph·C01773·1929–30

Below the cult room at Kition

Excavation trench at Kition below the cult room, with stone walls, flat slabs and a square stone block in the foreground.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01773. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavation trench photographed from above, with stone walls and large flat stone slabs lining its sides. A squared stone block with a rough top stands in the foreground, while loose stones and rubble lie in the darker soil at the bottom of the cutting. A small flat slab sits in the middle of the trench.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavated trench at Kition below the cult room, with a large squared stone block and earthen walls.
Description, scan 2
Looking down into an excavated trench with walls of rough, textured earth on several sides. A large squared stone block stands in the foreground, with a bed of small stones in the lower right and flat slabs laid in the centre. The floor and wall faces are shown at close range.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Below the cult room.

Swedish, as on the record

Under kultrummet.

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