Field photograph·C01792·1929–30

Square L 11 at Ayia Irini, in situ finds

Square L 11 at Ayia Irini, with many figurine fragments lying in situ in the excavated ground.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01792. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view looking down into an excavated square, with a dense scatter of broken figurine fragments lying in the soil, including many limbs and body pieces. Larger fragments, including a head-like piece and a section of a bigger figure, lie along the right edge against the dark trench wall. The finds are still in the ground where they were found, with no tools or people in view.

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  • Square L 11 at Ayia Irini, with a dense scatter of figurine fragments lying in situ in an excavated pit
Description, scan 2
A dense scatter of small figurine fragments, mostly limbs and torsos with a few heads, lies packed across the floor of an excavated pit. Larger fragments stand upright against the earth face at the right and centre, and dark soil walls frame the cutting.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Square L 11. Ayia Irini.

Swedish, as on the record

Ruta L 11. Ajia Irini. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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