Field photograph·C01794·1929–30

Square L 11 at Ayia Irini, in situ finds

This field photograph shows human remains.

Excavated square L 11 at Ayia Irini with a mass of bones, pottery vessels and a pale figurine in situ — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01794. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Field photograph of excavated square L 11 at Ayia Irini, showing a dense heap of bones lying in the soil. Several pale pottery vessels sit beside them, including a jug with a flared mouth and three open bowls, and a small pale figure lies at the left edge of the heap. Loose, pale soil forms the bank across the upper right of the frame.

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Description, scan 2: Looking down into an excavated area, a dense mass of bones fills the left and centre of the frame, with several skulls among them. Three open bowls lie in the soil at right, near a pale rounded object with an open rim, and a small pale figurine or head sits at the left edge. Pale excavated earth and a cut face fill the upper right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Square L 11. Ayia Irini.

Swedish, as on the record

Ruta L 11. Ajia Irini. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen