Field photograph·C02808·1930

Objects found in situ at Mersinaki in pit L 19

Broken pale fragments, including head-like pieces, lying in situ in pit L 19 at Mersinaki.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02808. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several broken pale fragments lie scattered on bare soil below an earth bank. At right, a head-like piece with a ridged band or headdress and a broken lower part sits beside a rounded fragment with jagged projecting edges in the centre. Curved shards and a broken rim-like piece lie among them, with a smaller fragment at left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Broken pale objects lying in situ on the floor of pit L 19 at Mersinaki, against a bank of earth.
Description, scan 2
Several broken pale objects lie together on a dusty floor at the foot of a steep bank of earth in an excavated pit. Some are rounded vessel bodies with broken rims, one has a ridged band and a projecting lug, and others are loose fragments. The surrounding ground is bare and mostly in shadow.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The objects found in situ at Mersinaki in pit L 19.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålen som hittades in situ vid Mersinaki i grop L 19.

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