Field photograph·C03599·1930–31

Excavation at Cholades, Soli: Temples A-B

Excavation at Cholades, Soli, with low rubble walls and fallen column drums lying among scattered stones.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03599. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view over an excavated area of dark soil, with low walls of rubble stones running across it. Three cylindrical column drums lie on the ground among the walls, and large dressed blocks and loose stones fill the foreground. Small puddles sit in hollows, and grass grows along the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavation at Cholades, Soli, with fallen column drums and wall foundations among scattered stones.
Description, scan 2
An excavated area of low stone wall foundations and bare earth, seen from above. Three cylindrical column drums lie on the ground, one in the middle distance near a squared stone block and two nearer the centre and right. Rubble stones line the edges of the trenches, and shallow puddles sit on the excavated surface.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Cholades, Soli, showing stones and objects.

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