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Field photograph·C02783·1930

Statue accumulation in J-K 20-21 at Mersinaki

Statue fragments, including heads and a foot, lying together in an excavated area at Mersinaki
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02783. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Broken sculpture fragments lie scattered in sandy soil in an excavated area, including heads, limbs and a foot among larger rounded pieces. Some pieces are partly buried in the dug ground and others rest on the surface. Dark shadows fall beneath the fragments, and the sides of the excavated cutting rise behind them.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation at Mersinaki showing a heap of broken sculpture fragments, including a head and a foot, lying in the soil.
Description, scan 2
A dug area seen from above, with broken sculpture fragments heaped among earth and stones. A large head with a rounded, draped face lies at the centre-left, and a foot with a flat base sits at the right. Other limbs, rounded pieces and broken edges lie scattered across the ground and the trench walls behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Statue accumulation in J-K 20-21. Various parts from sculptures, for example a foot and heads are visible in the picture.

Swedish, as on the record

Statyanhopning i J-K 20-21. Olika delar från skulpturer, exempelvis en fot och huvuden syns på bilden.

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