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Field photograph·C02766·1930

Soil section from the excavation at Mersinaki

Soil section from the excavation at Mersinaki, with a stone wall and pale earth mound to the left.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02766. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall vertical face of excavated soil fills the centre, showing darker and lighter horizontal layers with scattered small stones. In front of it lies the flat floor of the cutting, and at the left a stone wall is partly visible beside a pale heap of loose earth. Shrubs and dry ground rise behind the trench edge at the top of the view.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Soil section from the excavation at Mersinaki, with layers of earth and scattered stones in a cut face.
Description, scan 2
A large vertical face of excavated soil stands in the centre of the frame, showing dark and light layers with scattered small stones. A low wall of rough stones is visible at the left edge, and the cut continues to the right. Loose earth and a patch of sunlit ground lie in the foreground, with bushes and scrub on the slope behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Soil section from the excavation at Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Jordprofil från utgrävningen i Mersinaki.

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