Field photograph·C02476·1929–30

Find in situ at Ayia Irini

Pottery vessels and sherds lying in situ in an excavation trench at Ayia Irini — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02476. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dense heap of broken pottery lies on a raised earthen surface inside an excavation trench. Several vessel fragments, including a rounded piece with a small hole, are mixed among sherds and loose soil. The trench walls rise in shadow behind the finds, and the foreground is cut into flat earthen ledges.

English, translated from the original record

Find in situ at Ayia Irini, during excavation.

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