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Field photograph·C03985·1927

Soli: the theatre

Excavated stone wall and cut blocks at Soli: the theatre, with a wire fence and posts behind
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03985. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone-faced wall runs diagonally across the picture beside a cutting dug into the earth, with grassy banks on the left. Large cut stone blocks lie along the bottom edge and sit on top of the rubble at right, where the wall meets a rough earth face. A wire fence on wooden posts crosses the background under an overcast sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavated theatre at Soli with a rough stone wall, a trench and squared stone blocks
Description, scan 2
A wall of roughly laid stones runs diagonally across the centre, partly cleared of soil on its face. To the left a narrow trench cuts between earth banks, with a wooden post and wire fence beyond. Large squared blocks stand on the ridge at top right, and long cut stone blocks lie along the bottom edge in the foreground.

English, translated from the original record

Soli: the theatre, with fence, stones and excavation work visible.

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