Field photograph·C03092·1930

Hellenistic house seen from the north, Mersinaki

Stone walls of a Hellenistic house at Mersinaki, seen from the north, with an excavated earth bank behind. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03092. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two lengths of rough-stone wall stand in the foreground, one running across the left half and one on the right, with a bare earth surface between them. Behind them a steep bank of excavated soil rises, with loose stones scattered along its top, and at the right edge a slope with scrubby bushes meets the open sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Two stretches of rough stone masonry wall stand in an excavated area, with a doorway-like gap between them on the left and a dry sandy floor in the foreground. Behind the walls rises a steep, layered bank of excavated earth, and scrubby bushes grow along the top of the right edge. No people are shown.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic house seen from the north, Mersinaki, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistiskt huset från Nord, Mersinaki, Cypern.