Field photograph·C02401·1929–30

Breakthrough of the floor in Room 4 at Kition

Excavated stone walls and a broken floor opening in Room 4 at Kition — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02401. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Rough stone walls rise in courses across the picture, with pale sandy soil and loose stones around them. In the centre a patch of floor has been broken through, leaving a dark hollow with a deep shadow. Further walls and fallen blocks appear in the upper background.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A photograph of excavated stone walls at Kition, with the floor of Room 4 broken through to leave a dark opening in the centre. Low walls of rough stones and rubble rise around the opening, and large cut blocks lie along the top of the wall behind. Edges of the trench and the earth surface are visible at the sides.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Breaking through the floor of room 4. Excavation of Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Genombrytning av golvet i rum 4. Utgrävningen av Kition.