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Field photograph·C02258·1929–30

Statues in the southwest corner at Kition, with a large sculpture in the middle

Statues and stone fragments lying in excavated soil at Kition, with a large headless sculpture in the middle.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02258. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large headless sculpture stands at an angle in the middle of a dug area, with its broken lower end sunk into the soil. Smaller broken pieces of pale stone lie around it on the left and right, set in loose grey earth. A pale flat surface fills the upper left corner, and the earth wall of the cut runs along the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavated statue fragments in soil, with a large headless sculpture standing in the middle of the group
Description, scan 2
A large headless sculpture fragment stands upright in excavated soil, its lower end broken off, with several smaller carved fragments and stones lying around it. A pale block fills the upper left corner, and the ground around the group is loose, crumbly earth with scattered small stones.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Gathering of statues in the southwest corner. The large sculpture in the middle is probably the sculpture K. 10+42+164+253, here without the head and base.

Swedish, as on the record

Statyhopning i sydvästra hörnet. Den stora skulpturen i mitten är antagligen skulpturen K. 10+42+164+253, här utan huvudet och basen.

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