Field photograph·C02757·1930

Finds in situ at Cholades, Soli

Sculpted head lying half-buried among stones and rubble at Cholades, Soli
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02757. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A sculpted head with a rounded face and carved eyes lies half-buried among large pale stones and rubble in an excavation. A rough stone wall or rubble course runs across the upper part of the view, with dark soil behind it. At the right edge a squared stone block with a dark recess sits beside a patch of smoothed ground.

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  • Finds in situ at Cholades, Soli: a carved stone head lying among fallen blocks and rubble in an excavation.
Description, scan 2
A carved stone head with a modelled face, eyes and nose visible, lies partly buried among rough fallen blocks and rubble in an excavated area. Larger stone blocks fill the foreground, with a dark soil bank behind them along the top of the frame. On the right, a smooth dug surface and a dark rectangular cavity cut into the ground.

English, translated from the original record

Finds in situ at Cholades, Soli, during excavation.

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