Field photograph·C02771·1930

Squares K 17-21 at Mersinaki, with K 17-18 excavated

Excavated trench at Mersinaki with pottery vessels and sherds on the left beside a large stone block — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02771. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench at Mersinaki is seen from the side, with a long, partly exposed stone block running across the middle and foreground. On the left, several broken vessels and sherds lie in the excavated soil beside smaller stones. Behind is a tall vertical face of layered earth with a sloping bank and scrub above it, and two measuring rods are visible at the bottom edge.

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Description, scan 2: An excavated area at Mersinaki seen towards a high earth bank with scrub above. In the foreground, a long rounded mass of hard soil and stones runs across the trench, and to its left several pottery vessels and fragments lie among stones, one with a handle visible. Two thin rods lie at the bottom edge of the frame.
Description, scan 3: An excavated area seen from above, with pottery vessels and broken sherds lying in the soil on the left and a measuring pole along the bottom edge. A rounded vessel and a bowl-like piece are among the finds, and to the right a long raised mass of earth runs along the trench with sherds embedded in it. A dark soil face and a scrubby hillside rise behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

On the left, K 17-18 excavated, the rest K 19-21. Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Till vänster K 17-18 utgrävt, resten K 19-21. Mersinaki. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen