Field photograph·C00641·1928
Charalampos, who owned the land, beside sculpted head V. 290 at Vouni
Description
A man in a dark jacket, sash and loose trousers, with a wrapped cap on his head, stands on excavated ground at Vouni. Beside him is a sculpted limestone head with a broad face and framing hair, set on a block with a small niche above it. Behind, a flat horizon of sea, low walls and a column drum on the right, with loose rubble and soil in the foreground.
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- An older man with a moustache, wearing a dark tunic, sash, loose trousers and a dark cloth on his head, stands on rubbly ground beside a carved limestone head. The head has a rounded hairstyle and sits against a block above which is a small niche holding a tiny figure. Behind them are low walls, an upright stone block and the sea along the horizon.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Charalampos, who owned the land, beside a sculpted limestone head no. 290. "korouan". The head may be a limestone capital and in that case possibly part of a caryatid. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Vouni I-II, V. 290. Found in Vouni Room 46-65.
Swedish, as on the record
Charalampos, som ägde marken, vid ett skulpterat kalkstenshuvud no. 290. ”korouan”. Huvudet kan vara ett kalkstenskapitäl och i så fall möjligtivs vara en del av en karyatid. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Vouni I-II, V. 290. Hittad i Vouni Room 46-65. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)