Field photograph·C01811·1929–30

Work in progress: Erik Sjöqvist at Ayia Irini

Excavation at Ayia Irini: a seated man in a hat writes while four workers clean and sort broken finds on the ground — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01811. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Men work at the edge of an excavated section at Ayia Irini, with a spade stuck upright at left and buckets and broken pieces lying on the ground behind. A man in a hat sits on a chair with a notebook on his knee while others kneel over a heap of finds, one holding a small piece. Broken stone sculptures and a large white bowl lie at right beside the dug earth wall.

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Description, scan 2: A seated man in a hat rests a board on his knee and writes or draws, while workers in caps and shirts kneel around him in the trench. Broken stone sculpture fragments, including a head, lie among them with a white vessel and small boxes. Behind, a dark earth face, buckets, a shovel and spoil heaps show the open excavation.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Work in progress. Erik Sjöqvist. Ayia Irini.

Swedish, as on the record

Arbetsbild. Erik Sjöqvist. Ajia Irini. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen