Field photograph·C02610·1928

Idalion, the acropolis: work in progress

Excavation on the acropolis at Idalion, with workers digging among earth mounds and large baskets in the foreground. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02610. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Workers in light shirts and hats dig and sit among low earth mounds on a dry, stony hillside. Large woven baskets stand in the foreground, with a small trestle table and a few finds nearby. Behind them the ground drops away to a wide plain, with a town on the left under a hazy sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Several workers, some seated and some standing, work among low earth spoil heaps and shallow cuttings on a bare, stony hilltop dotted with shrubs. Large woven baskets and a small trestle table stand in the foreground, while a town and a flat plain stretch away below distant hills under a pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Idalion, the acropolis. Work in progress.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4

Swedish, as on the record

Idalion, akropolen. Arbetsbild.