Field photograph·C01822·1929–30

Excavation at Ayia Irini, in situ find

Statues and fragments found in situ in an excavation trench at Ayia Irini, pale figures among broken limbs and soil
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01822. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several pale stone figures, some standing and some seated, with conical caps on their heads, stand and lie in an excavated trench among broken limbs and fragments. The trench walls are cut into dark earth, with smaller fragments and objects scattered on the ground to the right and in the lower left.

English, translated from the original record

Find photographed in situ during excavation at Ayia Irini.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)