Field photograph·C02798·1930

Statue accumulation in squares I-J 18-19

Broken stone sculpture fragments lying in excavated soil at Mersinaki, including several heads, a hand and body pieces — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02798. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Many broken stone sculpture fragments lie together in a shallow excavation at Mersinaki: several heads of different sizes, a hand, body pieces and a small animal-shaped figure. A dark earth face forms the back of the cut, and loose soil covers the ground around the pieces. Some fragments are chipped and worn, and a curved ring-like object lies at the lower left.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Stone sculpture fragments lie scattered on the floor of an excavated trench, with several heads of different sizes, limbs and body pieces in view. Against the earthen section at the back, a group of small figurine fragments sits among the debris at the top centre, and a small animal-shaped figure stands in the middle left. A curved ring-shaped piece lies at lower left, and no people are working in the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Statue accumulation in I-J 18-19. Several different heads in different sizes, a hand, bodies and bull (and horse?) figurines.

Swedish, as on the record

Statyanhopning i I-J 18-19. Flera olika skulpterade huvuden i olika storlekar, en hand, kroppar och tjur (och häst?) figuriner.