Field photograph·C02257·1929–30

Room 11 at Kition

Excavated room 11 at Kition with stone walls, column bases and a paved floor in the foreground.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02257. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Low limestone walls and rectangular block foundations form a room, with a cleared floor in the foreground. Upright stone pillars and a squared block stand against an earth bank at the back, and a flat plain with a tree lies beyond the excavation cut.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Excavated ruins of room 11 at Kition, with stone walls and paving in the foreground and a flat plain beyond.
  • Excavated room at Kition with stone walls and foundations, a flat plain and hills beyond
Description, scan 2
An excavated area of low stone walls and blocks, with a paved floor in the centre and a stepped wall on the left. Excavated earth banks rise behind the ruins, and beyond them a flat plain stretches to distant hills under a pale sky, with a few trees on the right. No people are in view.
Description, scan 3
An excavated room at Kition shows low stone walls and scattered blocks, with a paved or levelled floor area in the foreground. A high bank of earth rises at the upper left, and a trench runs back toward an open, flat plain with hills on the horizon and a few trees.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Room 11. Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Rum 11. Kition. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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