Field photograph·C03981·1927
Soli: the theatre
Description
Dressed stone blocks form a low stepped structure in a gravelly excavated area, with a rough earth and rock face rising behind it on the right. A rounded, cylindrical stone piece lies at the lower left edge, and a stone course runs up the left side of the picture. No people are visible.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A trench shows a course of large, roughly dressed stone blocks running diagonally across the lower half of the frame, with a smaller block course along the left edge. A steep, rough earth face rises on the right and behind the stones. Two cylindrical stone pieces lie at the lower left edge, and the ground around the stones is scattered with small stones and debris.
English, translated from the original record
The theatre at Soli, with stone and excavation visible in the picture.
More from Soli
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C00200The theatre at Soli, Evagoras in the eastern parodos
C00204Byzantine walls at Soli
C00220The theatre at Soli: work on the substructure walls of the east eisodos
C00226The theatre at Soli. Work on the orchestra from the west
C00239The theatre at Soli, excavating the proskenion
C00244The theatre at Soli: pipe in Room III, eastern corner of the stage
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)