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Field photograph·C02404·1929–30

Walls 23A, 21 and 20 at Kition

Excavated ancient walls at Kition, built of rough stone blocks in a trench.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02404. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench shows a wall of rectangular limestone blocks laid in courses, with a further wall and rubble lower in the frame. Beside it a dark cavity and a low stone ledge or bench run across the bottom of the view, with loose stones scattered on the soil. The ground is pale and dusty, and no people are visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Walls 23A, 21 and 20 at Kition, stone blocks and rubble in an excavated cut.
Description, scan 2
Stone walls stand in an excavated cut in the ground. Rectangular blocks form a course across the upper centre and left, with rubble and packed soil below. A low stone edge runs across the foreground, and dark earth fills the hollows at the sides.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Walls 23A, 21 and 20.

Swedish, as on the record

Murar 23A, 21 och 20.

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