Field photograph·C03975·1927
Theatre at Soli: stone steps during excavation
Description
An excavation trench with two rough-cut stone steps in the left foreground, beside a large, roughly squared pale stone block resting on the excavated floor. Behind them a steep face of cut earth and rubble rises, with a wall of irregular stones along the left and more masonry along the top edge of the frame.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- An excavation trench with two low stone steps at the left and a large rough-faced block in the centre. Behind them a rubble wall and a steep bank of cut earth rise, with more ruined masonry along the top edge. The ground is bare soil with scattered stones and small loose debris.
English, translated from the original record
The theatre at Soli: stone steps during excavation.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)