Field photograph·C02256·1929–30

Excavation at Kition, rooms 10 to 4 and working people

Excavation at Kition showing rooms 10 to 4 and working people among exposed stone walls — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02256. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers in dark clothing, several with white head coverings, dig among low stone walls and flagged stone surfaces in an excavated trench. A large heap of excavated earth rises at the right, and a basket stands on top of it. Behind the trench, a whitewashed building with a tiled roof and a tall chimney stands among trees.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Stone walls and flat paved slabs lie in deep trenches in an excavation at Kition. Several workers, some wearing headscarves, stand and crouch among the stonework, and a basket sits near the back on the right. Behind them is a whitewashed building with a tiled roof, a chimney and a tree, and a large spoil heap rises on the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Excavation at Kition, here rooms 10 to 4 can be seen, as well as working people.

Swedish, as on the record

Utgrävning i Kition, här syns rum 10 - 4 samt arbetande människor.