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Field photograph·Csn1702·1927

The theatre at Soli

The theatre at Soli, with rows of stone seating curving round a paved floor and the sea beyond.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1702. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down over the excavated theatre at Soli, curved rows of stone seats on the right descend to a broad paved floor. Stone walls and cut blocks lie on the left, with open ground behind them. Beyond, a coastal plain with trees and scattered buildings leads down to the sea, where several small boats are visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • The theatre at Soli, with curved stone tiers of seating around a paved central area and the sea in the distance.
Description, scan 2
Curved rows of stone seating step down the hillside on the right, facing a broad paved area in the centre. On the left, cut stone blocks and low walls edge the paving and a raised platform, and beyond them fields, a few buildings and the sea stretch to the horizon.

English, translated from the original record

The theatre at Soli, showing stone, stairs and water.

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