Field photograph·C02787·1930

Soil section at Mersinaki, with rails visible

Soil section at Mersinaki with excavation rails in the foreground — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02787. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall vertical face of layered, pale-streaked soil fills the centre of the image, with a flat excavated surface in front of it. Two rails run diagonally across the lower left, and a low stone wall and a trench edge lie to the right. A tree and dry hills rise in the background.

Other scans of this record (2)

Full resolution

Description, scan 2: A tall, vertical face of excavated soil fills most of the frame, showing horizontal bands of darker and lighter earth with scattered stones. In the foreground a pair of metal rails runs diagonally across the excavated floor, with a few rectangular blocks set beside them. Spoil heaps and rubble sit on top of the section, and a tree stands at the upper right beside a stone wall.
Description, scan 3: A tall vertical face of excavated soil fills most of the frame, its layers marked by darker and lighter bands and scattered stones. In the foreground, two rails run across the trench floor beside a small block, and a stone wall stands along the right edge. A tree and low hills rise behind the trench under a pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Soil section. Rails are also visible. Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Jordprofil. Räls syns även. Mersinaki. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen