Field photograph·C03595·1930–31

Cholades, Room XLIII A, offering pit by altar 154 after excavation

Rounded offering pit cut into excavated soil at Cholades, Room XLIII A, Soli, after excavation. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03595. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rounded pit with steep, smooth earth walls is cut into a sloping surface of excavated soil. Scattered stones and rubble lie in the background, and a dark hollow runs across the lower left foreground. No people, tools or finds are visible.

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Description, scan 2: A rounded, bowl-shaped pit cut into packed earth, its rim and inner wall lit by sunlight from the left while the far side falls into shadow. Loose stones and rubble lie scattered on the surface behind it, and a dark trench edge runs across the lower left. No people or finds are visible in the pit.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cholades. Room XLIII A, the offering pit by altar 154 after excavation. Soli.

Swedish, as on the record

Cholades. Rum XLIII A, offergropen vid altare 154 efter utgrävningen. Soli. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen