Field photograph·C02774·1930

Statue accumulation in I 20-21 at Mersinaki

Statue fragments lying together in an excavation at Mersinaki, with a carved face and heads visible among broken bodies. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02774. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Excavated ground lies in front of a steep earth bank. Many pale stone sculpture fragments are packed closely together: a carved face and head at lower right, broken torsos and limbs, and several cylindrical pieces with hollow openings at left. A tall, column-like fragment stands upright near the centre, and smaller loose stones lie in the soil in the foreground.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A cluster of broken pale stone sculptures lies in an excavated area. A carved face with eyes and nose is visible at the lower right, a large rounded body fragment sits at the centre, and several cylindrical pieces and a broken block lie around it. Behind them a steep, rough cut face of earth fills the upper part of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Statue accumulation in I 20-21. The faces, heads and bodies of the sculptures are visible in the picture.

Swedish, as on the record

Statyanhopning i I 20-21. Skulpturernas ansikten, huvuden och kroppar är synliga på bilden.