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Field photograph·C03054·1929–31

Excavation with stones at the palace at Vouni

Excavation trench with pale walls and scattered stones at the palace at Vouni
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03054. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep, narrow excavation cutting runs diagonally through the frame, with pale, smoothed walls rising on either side and a dark channel down its centre. Loose stones and rubble lie on the surrounding ground at the top of the picture, and the soil at the edges of the cutting is cut away in a rough, stepped outline. No people are visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation trench at Vouni palace with two tall plastered wall stubs rising from the cut, with loose stones on the ground above
Description, scan 2
A deep excavation cut runs diagonally through the frame, with two tall, pale, plaster-faced upright structures standing in it, each with a narrower top and a wider base. Loose rocks and stony soil lie on the ground at the top and along the edges of the trench. The shadows inside the cut are deep, and no people are visible.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation with stones at the palace at Vouni.

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