Field photograph·C01779·1929–30

Excavation at Kition, Larnaca

Excavation trench at Kition with a large heap of limestone blocks and a dark stone object in a shallow cut — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01779. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep excavation trench with earthen walls shows a large heap of pale, rough limestone blocks on the left. On the right, a dark stone object lies in a shallow rectangular cut, with a lighter protruding shape at one end. Loose pale stones and rubble fill the foreground and the lower right of the trench.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: An excavation trench with dark earth walls. A large pale mass of broken stones fills the left side, while a shallow rectangular recess on the right holds a flat slab with a pale, toe-like shape at its lower end. Loose stone blocks lie in the foreground on the right, and the trench floor is bare earth.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Kition, Larnaca, showing objects and stones in the excavation.

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