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Field photograph·C03978·1927

The theatre at Soli, Eisodos crypt

Narrow stone-walled passage at Soli, its top spanned by two large stone slabs propped on a timber beam and upright post.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03978. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A narrow passage between high walls of rough stone runs back into the excavation, its top closed by two large flat stone slabs resting on a timber beam held up by an upright wooden post. Inside, the passage is dark, with fallen stone blocks visible at its far end. The floor is bare earth, and the sloping ground of the site rises beyond the walls.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Eisodos crypt at Soli: a narrow passage between stone walls, with a timber frame over a dark opening and excavated ground in front.
  • The theatre at Soli: a narrow stone-walled passage, the Eisodos crypt, with a timber prop and stone slabs across it.
Description, scan 2
A narrow passage runs between two tall walls of rough-dressed stone blocks. Across the top, a wooden beam and planks form a crude frame, and an upright timber post stands in front of a dark opening that leads further in. The floor is bare excavated earth, and loose soil and stones slope up behind the walls under a plain sky.
Description, scan 3
A narrow passage between tall stone walls runs away from the camera, with a vertical timber post holding a horizontal beam and two large stone slabs across it. Beyond the beam the passage continues into a dark, earth-floored opening. Bare earth slopes and scattered stones rise on either side under a pale sky, with a few stakes on the skyline.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The theatre, Eisodos crypt, Soli.

Swedish, as on the record

Teatern, Eisodos krypti. Soli Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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