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Field photograph·C02765·1930

Soil profile from Mersinaki, G.10-12 from F

Soil profile in the excavation at Mersinaki, a standing earth face with embedded stones and a tree on the hill behind.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02765. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall vertical block of excavated earth stands in the middle of the trench, its face streaked with vertical marks and studded with stones. A pale, rounded heap of soil lies in the foreground, and trench walls rise on either side. A stone wall shows in the background, and one small figure stands near a tree on the hill at the top centre.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Soil profile in the excavation at Mersinaki: a tall earth section with stones, beside a deep trench
Description, scan 2
A tall vertical face of excavated earth stands in the middle of a deep trench, its surface scored with lines and studded with stones along its lower part. In the foreground a pale sloping bank of soil runs down into the cutting, and a deeper dark cut lies beside the section. Two small figures stand on the far edge below a bush and a tree against a hillside.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Soil profile from the excavation at Mersinaki. G.10-12 from F.

Swedish, as on the record

Jordprofil från utgrävningen i Mersinaki. G.10-12 från F.

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