Field photograph·C02251·1929–30

Large section. Water gutters

Vertical excavation section with a curved clay water channel set in the soil beside stone blocks
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02251. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A vertical face of excavated soil shows a curved clay channel lying in the earth beside a dark cavity. A flat stone slab sits at the middle right, and two larger stone blocks lie at the lower left and lower right of the section. A long pipe runs along the top edge of the frame above the spoil and grass.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation section at Kition with a curved water gutter set into the soil face and stone blocks below.
Description, scan 2
A vertical face of excavated soil fills most of the frame. A curved, channel-shaped object and a flat slab project from the section, and a dark gap opens beside a stone block. Below, a large rounded stone sits at lower left and a cluster of rubble stones lies at lower right on the excavated ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Large section. Water gutters.

Swedish, as on the record

Stora profilen. Vattenrännor.

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