Field photograph·C01800·1929–30

Ayia Irini, general view

Excavation at Ayia Irini with many broken sculptures and large vessels lying in the soil around a stone drum. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01800. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view down into an excavated area at Ayia Irini, with many broken pieces of sculpture and large vessels lying in the soil. A large pale stone drum sits near the centre, with fragments heaped around it on both sides. Three people stand at the edges of the dig: one at the upper left, one in a light dress at the top centre, and one in a light shirt in the foreground.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A wide excavation trench at Ayia Irini, with a large pale cylindrical stone base on the left. Many figures, some with heads and limbs, and vessels lie in dense rows on the ground, with broken pieces scattered among them. Two people stand at the top edge of the trench, one at the left and one partly cut off at the top centre, and a shovel stands upright in the soil beyond them.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Copy photograph. Ayia Irini, general view.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Från svenska cypernexpedi- tionen. Ajia Irini, helhetsbild.