Field photograph·C02967·1930

Excavation at Amathus with stones

Excavation trench at Amathus with a raised pale wall and scattered stones on the floor of the cut — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02967. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down into an excavated trench with steep earth sides. A large pale block of masonry or hardened earth rises at the back, with a ledge along its base, and several loose stones lie on the dark floor of the cut. A thin rod stands upright in the soil at the right edge.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Amathus, with stones visible.

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