Field photograph·C02784·1930

Pit H 14-15 at Mersinaki after excavation

Excavated pit at Mersinaki with steep earth walls and a flat stone slab set into the upper left wall — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02784. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pit seen from above, with steep cut earth walls on the left and right and a sloping, scraped floor in the foreground. A flat rectangular stone sits in a recess in the upper left wall, with a dark hollow beneath it. Loose stones are embedded in the right-hand face of soil.

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Description, scan 2: A deep excavated pit seen from above, with vertical earth faces on the left and right and a flat stone slab set into the wall at upper left. The pit floor is smooth cut soil with a few small stones, and strong shadows fall across it.
Description, scan 3: Looking down into an excavated pit with steep earthen sides and a sandy, uneven floor. A flat, rectangular stone slab sits in a recess in the left-hand wall, with a dark opening beneath it. Loose soil and spoil lie along the lower edge of the pit, and the right-hand face shows layered soil with small stones.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pit H 14-15 after the excavation. Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Grop H 14-15 efter utgrävningen. Mersinaki. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen