Field photograph·C01774·1929–30

Kition: Herakles with altar, from the north

Excavation trench at Kition with a weathered stone sculpture in the foreground and a block carrying a carved foot — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01774. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavation trench seen from the north, with earthen sides and rubble stone walls behind. A large, weathered stone sculpture fragment fills the right foreground. In the middle, a rectangular block with a raised border has a carved foot on its top surface, next to a rubble wall.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A rectangular stone block with a raised rim sits in the trench, its upper face carved in relief with a bare foot. Rough walls of rubble and earth stand behind and beside it, and the earth sides of the trench rise at the right. Loose fallen stones lie in the foreground.
Description, scan 3: A trench with rubble and earthen walls, and fragments of rough stone scattered across the ground. In the centre sits a rectangular stone block with a raised rim, carrying a carved relief in which a fragment of a limb or foot is visible. Loose stone blocks and a sloping earthen face of the excavation fill the background and sides.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Kition. Herakles with altar, from the north.

Swedish, as on the record

Kition. Herakles med altare, fr. N. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen