Field photograph·C02769·1930

Statues in pit H 14-15 at Mersinaki

Broken stone statues and fragments lying in excavation pit H 14-15 at Mersinaki — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02769. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Numerous broken pale stone statue fragments lie heaped together in an earthen pit, with several larger pieces standing upright and others tumbled among the soil. Many pieces carry painted numbers in dark paint. The pit's sloping earth walls and a shadowed trench edge surround the group.

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Description, scan 2: Many broken stone sculpture fragments lie together in an excavated pit, photographed from above. Some pieces are tall and cylindrical, others are flat slabs or rounded heads, and several carry dark painted numbers. The pit walls and surrounding soil are visible around the finds.
Description, scan 3: Broken stone statue pieces and fragments lie crowded together in an excavated pit, with the earth walls of the cut rising around them. Several pieces, including a rounded head near the centre-left, have blue number labels painted on them. The photograph is taken from above at an angle, and the right side of the pit is in deep shadow.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Statues in pit H 14-15, Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Statyer i grop H 14-15. Mersinaki. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen