Field photograph·C01778·1929–30

Pedestals during excavation at Kition

Stone pedestals and squared blocks standing in an excavation at Kition — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01778. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavated area with squared stone blocks in place. On the left a stepped pile of rectangular blocks rises above the cut ground, and in the centre a smaller block base sits against a bank of soil and rubble. A single large block stands in the foreground beside the packed earth and stone sides of the trench.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Several built stone pedestals stand on the floor of an excavated trench. The left one is a stepped block of rough masonry, the centre one a tiered base with a projecting top course, and a large squared block lies in the foreground. Earth banks and loose stones rise behind them, and no people are present.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pedestals during excavation.

Swedish, as on the record

Postamenten under utgrävning.