Field photograph·C01806·1929–30

Overall view of Ayia Irini

Excavated trench at Ayia Irini with a dense heap of clay figurines and sculpture fragments lying among stone blocks — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01806. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Overall view of an excavated trench at Ayia Irini, with a large heap of clay figurines, heads and body fragments lying together on the trench floor. Large stone blocks stand in the foreground, and a vertical earth section forms the back wall of the cutting. At the top left, two workers stand by a wheelbarrow, and another wheelbarrow and a long pole lie on the ground above the trench.

Other scans of this record (2)

Full resolution

Description, scan 2: Looking down into an excavated trench at Ayia Irini, many statues, statue fragments and small figurines lie together in the soil. Headless torsos, heads and figures with tall headdresses stand or lie among the finds, with large stone blocks in the foreground. At the top left, two workers stand near a wheelbarrow, and poles and small rectangular objects lie along the edge of the trench.
Description, scan 3: A trench at Ayia Irini is filled with many large figures and heads of stone and smaller figurines, set out in crowded rows on the ground. Large rounded stone blocks lie in the foreground, and a wheelbarrow and planks sit at the top edge beyond the trench walls. No people are visible in the view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Overall view. Ayia Irini. Copy photograph: Ayia Irini, overall view.

Swedish, as on the record

Helhetsbild. Ajia Irini. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

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