Field photograph·C01804·1929–30

Overall view of Ayia Irini

Excavation trench at Ayia Irini with many pale clay figurines and vessels lying in situ among the soil — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01804. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An excavated trench seen from above, with the soil walls rising on the right and back. Many pale clay figurines, some standing upright and some lying broken on their sides, are crowded together with vessels and loose fragments across the floor of the trench. No people are visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

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Description, scan 2: An excavation trench seen from above, with earth walls rising at the right and back. Many pale figures lie and stand together on the trench floor, several with cylindrical lower bodies, some with heads and arms, and many broken. In the foreground a tall figure stands with fragments on its top, and a head and arm rest on the ground to the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Overall view. Ayia Irini.

Swedish, as on the record

Helhetsbild. Ajia Irini. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen