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Field photograph·C03984·1927

The theatre at Soli

Large cut stone blocks forming a step-like structure on a slope at the theatre at Soli, with a wire fence behind.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03984. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several large, roughly worked limestone blocks lie in a stepped arrangement on bare, stony ground in the foreground. Behind them a grassy, earthy bank rises to the left, with wooden posts and a wire fence running along its top. The land falls away to flat fields and a low horizon under an overcast sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Pale cut stone blocks at Soli with a wire fence on the slope above and flat fields beyond.
Description, scan 2
Several large pale stone blocks lie in a low arrangement on bare ground, with a raised block in the centre and a smaller block at right. Behind them a bush-covered slope rises to a wire fence on wooden posts, and beyond it flat fields and a faint line of sea meet a pale sky. Loose stones and gravel cover the foreground.

English, translated from the original record

The theatre at Soli: bushes, a fence and stones are visible in the picture.

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