Field photograph·C01777·1929–30

Below the cult room, seen from the east at Kition

Excavated area at Kition with cut stone blocks, a masonry wall and deep shadows — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01777. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench at Kition seen from above, with large cut stone blocks and slabs lying across the lower and right side of the frame. A masonry wall stands in the upper right, and a rectangular cut with a stone-faced edge runs across the middle. Strong shadows fall over the excavated earth and stones, and no people are visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A deep excavation area seen from above in strong sunlight, with dark shadowed recesses and pale earth banks around it. Large cut stone blocks and flat slabs lie in the foreground and along the right side, and a wall of smaller stones stands at the upper right. The ground is dry and dusty, with loose stones and soil scattered across the cut.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Below the cult room, from the east.

Swedish, as on the record

Under kultrummet, från öst.