Field photograph·C03643·1930–31

Cisterns 169 and 170 at Cholades, Soli, seen from the south

Description

Two rectangular cisterns with plastered stone walls are cut into an excavated area of soil. The nearer one in the centre has a round pipe opening in its side, and the far one holds still water at its bottom. Low rubble and cut-stone walls run across the surrounding ground, and a dark opening lies at the left edge.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A view looking down across excavated stone walls and rubble foundations on bare earth. In the foreground a rectangular cistern with plastered inner walls has a dark opening at its left, and a shallow basin at its right holds standing water. Further walls and scattered stones continue across the background.
Description, scan 3: Two rectangular cisterns sunk into the excavated ground, with pale plastered walls and floors, are shown from the south. Stone walls and scattered stones surround them, and a small round opening is visible in the wall of the nearer cistern. Further wall foundations and bare soil fill the background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cholades. Cisterns 169 and 170 from the south. Soli.

Swedish, as on the record

Cholades.Cisternerna 169 och 170 från söder. Soli. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen