Photograph·pht_TEB_0098·1950–70

Roofing at archaeological site, Paphos

Steel canopy roof over stone wall remains at an excavated site, with figures beside a ladder at right
Photograph: 1950–70. pht_TEB_0098. "Roofing at archaeological site, Paphos". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

A long, flat steel roof rests on a row of thin metal posts above an excavated area of low stone walls and scattered blocks. A metal ladder rises at the right, with figures on it near the roof edge and another figure standing beside a post. Earth heaps and a low hill lie behind the ruins under a pale sky.

English

A steel-framed flat roof stands over low ruins of cut stone walls and fallen blocks at an archaeological site in Paphos. Three figures are near a metal ladder at the right, close to the roof supports.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Roofing at archaeological site

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed: [T-eris?] Roof. Paphos.