Field photograph·C03645·1930–31

Cholades, Room X, wall painting at Soli

Room X at Soli, Cholades: painted diagonal lines on a plastered wall, with rough stone masonry above — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03645. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A plastered wall with a painted pattern of dark diagonal lines, crossed in the lower part, and a dark horizontal band running across it. Above, rounded stones form a rough masonry course, and soil lies at the foot of the wall. A dark shape at the left edge is out of focus and cannot be identified.

Other scans of this record (3)

Full resolution

Description, scan 2: A photograph of a plastered wall face in Room X at Soli, with diagonal lines and a crosswise pattern across the surface. Rough stones, some large and rounded, fill the upper edge, and a dark horizontal band crosses the lower part where the pattern meets the ground. The plaster is flaking in places, and the vertical edge of another wall or corner stands at the right.
Description, scan 3: A plastered wall surface shows a painted pattern of diagonal lines crossing to form a lattice, with a dark horizontal band running across the lower part. Above it, rough stones and loose rubble make up the upper part of the wall, and pale plaster patches show in places. The print is mounted on a dark card with a border and a number in the corner.
Description, scan 4: A plastered wall shows dark painted bands arranged in a diagonal lattice, crossed by a broad vertical dark stripe that runs down the left of centre. Rounded stones and rubble fill the right edge of the frame, and the wall meets a pale, flat surface at the bottom. The plaster is pitted and worn in places, with a dark patch at the top left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cholades. Room X, wall painting. Soli.

Swedish, as on the record

Cholades. Rum X, väggmålning. Soli. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen