Photograph·pht_01825·20th c.

Rock [...] Tombs, Paphos

Rock-cut tomb front in Paphos with a dark recessed opening, dry stalks in the foreground
Photograph: 1900–99. pht_01825. "Rock [..] Tombs, Paphos". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

A high rock face forms the back of a cut space, with a dark recessed opening set into it. Dry grass and bare stalks cover the ground in the foreground. A large dark rock mass stands at the right edge, and the sky is pale above the cut stone.

English

A rock-cut tomb front at the Tombs of the Kings, Paphos, cut into a pale stone face with a dark recessed opening behind. Dry stalks and grass cover the ground in the foreground.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Rock […] Tombs -Paphos.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed centre right of album: Rock […] Tombs - Paphos.

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