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Field photograph·C02236·1929

Ayios Iakovos

Excavated trench at Ayios Iakovos with a rubble stone wall and a long flat stone slab on the floor
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02236. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench in excavation, with a rubble wall of stacked stones along the right side and a large pale rock face rising on the left. A long, flat, slab-like stone lies on the trench floor in the foreground, with a few small stones scattered nearby. The earth walls of the cutting show layers of soil.

English, translated from the original record

Ayios Iakovos, a site with stones, during excavation.

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