Field photograph·C02779·1930

Sculpture no. 705, in situ, at the excavation at Mersinaki

Pale stone sculpture fragment lying in situ in soil at the Mersinaki excavation — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02779. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale, elongated stone fragment lies in dark, packed soil among scattered stones. One rounded end points to the left, and the other end is broken and partly sunk into the earth, with a ridge running along its upper edge. Loose gravel and a cut face of earth surround it, showing the excavated ground.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A pale, elongated stone object lies half-embedded in dark, crumbly soil, with one end rounded and the surface weathered and pitted. Loose rubble and stones surround it, and the excavated earth rises behind it on the right, showing the find where it was left in the ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Sculpture no. 705, in situ. The excavation at Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Skulpturen no. 705, in situ. Utgrävningen i Mersinaki.