Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn0282

Excavation with grass and stones, Nicosia (02:28)

Dark opening cut into a pale soil bank, with grass at the bottom edge and a stone at upper left, Nicosia excavation
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0282. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark, roughly rectangular opening is cut into a steep bank of pale, crumbly soil. A ledge of compacted earth overhangs the top of the opening, and a small stone sits in the soil at upper left. Grass grows along the bottom edge in the foreground, and the interior of the opening is in deep shadow.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Dark opening cut into a pale earth and rock bank, with grass at its base, at Nicosia
Description, scan 2
A dark, roughly arched opening is cut into a pale bank of earth and rock. Grass grows along the lower edge, and a few stones sit on the sloping ground at the top left. The interior is in deep shadow, so no details inside can be made out.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation scene with grass and stones, Nicosia, 02:28.