Field photograph·C02439·1929–30

Excavation at Ayia Irini, in situ find

This field photograph shows human remains.

Excavation trench at Ayia Irini with terracotta figures and bones lying in situ — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02439. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench is cut into layered soil, and along its left and back edges many terracotta figures stand and sit in rows, several with tall headdresses. Long bones lie in a loose group in the foreground, with two round-bodied vessels on the trench floor and a large boulder at the upper centre.

English, translated from the original record

Find photographed in situ during excavation at Ayia Irini.

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