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Field photograph·Csn0184

Construction of a stone wall at Salamis

Curved stone wall of large dressed blocks at Salamis, with a paved floor in front of it.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0184. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several large rectangular blocks of rough-dressed stone are set in a curving line, with a thin dark measuring rod standing beside them at the centre. The blocks form a low wall with a step-like top, and a paved floor of flat stones runs across the foreground. Behind the wall is a rougher masonry wall and a bank of earth and rubble.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Curved stone wall of large dressed blocks at Salamis, with a dark measuring rod standing beside it
Description, scan 2
Several large rectangular dressed stone blocks form a curved wall or structure with a rounded recess at the upper right, set on a paved surface of flat stones. A dark vertical rod stands in front of the blocks as a scale. Behind the wall, rougher masonry and earth rise up the background.

English, translated from the original record

Construction of a stone wall at Salamis.

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