Field photograph·C02809·1930

Objects found in situ at Mersinaki in Pit II, No. 1039

Stone objects lying in situ in a trench at Mersinaki, Pit II, with an earth section behind them — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02809. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A trench at Mersinaki with stone objects still lying where they were found. On the left, a long rounded stone piece rests on the trench floor with a rope tied around one end. On the right, a carved block sits on a low heap of rough stones against the earthen wall of the excavation, which rises behind them.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A trench with a tall vertical face of layered soil at the back. In the foreground, a large rounded stone with a rope tied around it lies beside a pale stone block, and to the right a stacked group of stone blocks rests against the soil, with a flat block on top. The floor of the trench is pale, dry earth, and no people are visible.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The objects found in situ at Mersinaki in Pit II, No. 1039.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålen som hittades in situ vid Mersinaki i Pit II, No. 1039.