Field photograph·C02259·1929–30
Accumulation of statues in the southwest corner of the large cult room at Kition
Description
Several carved stone statues, some with bodies and heads, lie jumbled together among broken blocks and packed soil in a dug hollow. The figure on the left has a head with hair or a close cap, and the surfaces show chips and wear. A separate head lies in the lower right among fragments, and a cloth sack is visible at the upper left edge.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- Several sculpted stone bodies, heads and fragments lie crowded together among soil and loose blocks in an excavated pit. The figure on the left has a close-fitting head covering and a rounded face, and a head in a cap sits in the lower right. Sacks sit at the upper edge of the frame, and the surfaces are weathered and partly encrusted.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Accumulation of statues in the southwest corner, probably in the large cult room, large depot. The picture shows several sculpted bodies and heads; the sculpture on the left is probably K. 236 and probably represents Heracles-Melqart.
Swedish, as on the record
Statyanhopning i sydvästra hörnet, antagligen i stora kultrummet, stora depån. På bilden syns flera skulpterade kroppar och huvuden, skulpturen till vänster är antagligen K. 236 och föreställer förmodligen Herakles-Melqart.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)