Field photograph·C00567·1928

Many people working at the excavation at Vouni Palace

Many people working at the Vouni Palace excavation on a bare hilltop, with a large tree stump in the foreground — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00567. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bare, stony hilltop with a large weathered tree stump on the left and a hen on the ground in the centre. Along the crest, a group of people stand and sit among low stone walls, with a small wooden cart and a wooden tipping wagon on rails beside them. A tall ranging pole stands at the right.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Bare, stony ground fills the foreground, with a large weathered tree stump on the left and a bird walking among scattered stones. On a low rise behind, about fifteen people stand, kneel and sit beside a low stone line, while a man stands beside a wooden trolley on the right. A tall pole stands at the right edge, and a small roofed stone structure sits on the crest.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Many people working at the excavation. A stump. Bird. Stones.

Swedish, as on the record

Många människor som arbetar på utgrävningen. En stubbe. Fågel. Stenar.