Field photograph·C03664·1930–31

Staircase construction during excavation at Soli

Excavated stone staircase and walls at Soli, with a field beyond — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03664. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A flight of stone steps with worn treads rises from a stone-built platform through the excavated ruins. Low walls of rough stone and rubble surround the steps, and trenches and loose stones lie in the foreground. Beyond the ruins a flat, cultivated field stretches under an open sky.

English, translated from the original record

Construction with a staircase during excavation at Soli, Cholades, Temples C-F.

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