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Field photograph·C02810·1930

Objects found in situ at Mersinaki in Pit VI

Stone objects found in situ in Pit VI at Mersinaki, seen from above in an excavated pit with earth walls.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02810. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several pale stone objects lie in situ in an excavated pit, seen from above. A large carved fragment lies on its side at right, next to a cylindrical piece and a small block on a mound of earth. Smaller fragments lie on the pit floor at left, and the earthen walls of the pit rise behind them.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Pale stone objects lying in situ in Pit VI at Mersinaki, with soil banks of the excavation around them.
Description, scan 2
Pale stone objects lie in situ in the bottom of a deep excavation pit at Mersinaki. An upright broken piece rises from a mound of soil at the centre, with a rounded fragment and a small lump beside it. At lower right a larger pale elongated piece lies against the pit wall, and a small object sits on the floor at left; the soil banks behind show layered earth and stones.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The objects found in situ at Mersinaki in Pit VI.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålen som hittades in situ vid Mersinaki i Pit VI.

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