Field photograph·C02785·1930

How a pit can be distinguished from the natural sand at Mersinaki

Excavated sand at Mersinaki with the dark curving outline of a pit cut into the natural sand — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02785. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close view down onto pale, pitted sand in an excavation, with a dark curved line tracing the edge of a pit that runs diagonally across the frame. Small stones lie scattered on the surface, and a larger pale stone block and a dark cavity with rubble appear along the top edge. No people are shown.

Other scans of this record (2)

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Description, scan 2: A close view down onto a sandy excavation surface where a pit is outlined by a darker, curving edge running diagonally from the upper centre toward the lower middle. The pale natural sand lies on one side, while the fill inside the pit is darker and more disturbed, with scattered small stones and pebbles. A few larger stones and dark cut faces appear at the top edge, and a thin line follows part of the pit's rim.
Description, scan 3: Close view looking down at a sandy excavation surface at Mersinaki. A thin curving line marks the edge of a pit cut into the pale natural sand, and darker fill with small stones lies within the pit. A rough stone face or rock edge appears at the top of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

This is how a pit can be distinguished from the natural sand. Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Så här urskiljs en grop från den naturliga sanden. Mersinaki. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen