Field photograph·Csn1659·1928

Idalion Acropolis, excavation with stones and tools

Excavated trench at Idalion acropolis with a stone wall face, mud-brick layers and stone blocks at its base — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1659. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A deep excavation cutting with a face of stacked flat stones at the top and layered earthen fill below. Stone blocks and rubble lie on the trench floor in the foreground, and a small tool or implement lies on the ground near the bottom edge. Cracks and white marks run across the print, and no people are visible.

English, translated from the original record

Excavation at Idalion Acropolis, showing stones and tools.

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