Photograph·pht_01827·20th c.

Rock tombs, Paphos

Rock-cut limestone cliff face with dark tomb openings and arched niches above rubble ground
Photograph: 1900–99. pht_01827. "Rock tombs, Paphos". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

The photograph shows a pale limestone outcrop cut into by several openings. A large dark doorway sits at the centre-right, and smaller arched recesses and rectangular cuts appear higher up on the right. Loose stones and rubble cover the ground in the foreground, and the sky is blank and pale above.

English

A rock-cut limestone face in Paphos, with a dark square opening and arched niches cut into it. Loose rubble and stones lie on the ground in front of the cliff.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Rock […] Tombs -Paphos.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed centre right of album: Ditto .

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