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Field photograph·C03592·1930–31

Excavation of walls and stones at Soli, Cholades Temples A-B

Excavated walls and large flat stone slabs at Soli, Cholades Temples A-B, with a dark recess beneath a slab.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03592. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large flat stone slab runs diagonally across the left side and overhangs a dark recess, with rough stone walls rising behind it. To the right, rounded stones are set in a wall face beside the opening, and loose rubble and earth lie along the lower edge.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Excavated stone walls and a flat stone slab at the Cholades Temples A-B, Soli.
  • Excavated walls and stones at Soli, Cholades Temples A-B, with a large stone slab over a dark opening
Description, scan 2
A close view of excavated masonry at Soli. A large flat slab of rough stone runs across the upper half of the frame, above a dark recess where a wall of rounded stones curves down on the right. The floor of the recess is soil, with a few loose stones lying along its edges.
Description, scan 3
A close view of an excavated area showing a long, flat stone slab running across the upper part of the frame, with a dark cavity opening beneath it. The cavity's sides are lined with rounded stones, and rough masonry walls rise behind and to the right. Loose boulders and soil fill the foreground, and the print sits on a dark mount.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation of walls and stones at the Cholades Temples A-B at Soli.

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