Photograph·pht_RC_130·1954

Group standing among ruins at Salamis

Group of people standing among ancient stone ruins at Salamis, with a large wrapped object on the ground
Photograph: Richard Chamberlain, 1954. pht_RC_130. "Group standing among ruins at Salamis". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

Several people in suits and hats stand in a close group on a sandy ground between large cut-stone walls and blocks. A large object wrapped in sacking lies in the centre, near a short column drum. A stepped stone structure runs across the lower left foreground, and a woman in a long coat stands at the right edge.

English

A group of eight men and one woman stands among stone ruins at the site of Salamis. In the centre, a large object wrapped in sacking lies on the ground beside a column drum, and a man in a hat leans over the group.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

In the Roman era, Salamis was the island of Cyprus main commercial centre and figured prominently in early Christianity

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

In the Roman era, Salamis was the island of Cyprus main commercial centre and figured prominently in early Christianity

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