Field photograph·Csn0183

Stone construction and wall at Salamis, Famagusta

Excavated stone walls and a small-stone paved floor with column drums at Salamis, Famagusta
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0183. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Elevated view down onto an excavated area with a paved floor of small stones in the foreground. Several column drums and a column base lie on the pavement, with a large cylindrical block across the lower right. Walls and collapsed stonework run along the left and the upper right, and a dark hole sits in the floor near the top centre.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavated stone walls and a paved floor with scattered column drums at Salamis, Famagusta
Description, scan 2
Looking down on an excavated area with a paved floor of small stones in the foreground and right. Several column drums and a long horizontal stone block lie on the pavement, and cut stone walls and rubble stand in the trench to the left. Along the top, a higher excavated bank rises behind the walls, with wooden frames or barrows on the ground at the top right.

English, translated from the original record

Stone construction with a wall at Salamis, Famagusta.

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