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Field photograph·C00758·1928

Camels loaded with pottery crates at Milia

Camels being loaded with a large wooden crate at Milia, with several people standing by a white fence.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00758. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A high-angle view of a dirt yard at Milia. A camel in the right foreground carries a large wooden crate roped to its saddle, and another camel kneels nearby beside a bundled load. On the left, several men and boys in caps and headscarves stand by a white-painted wooden fence and stone pillar, with a wooden beam in the foreground.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Camels being loaded with a large wooden crate at Milia, with people standing near a pale stone wall.
Description, scan 2
On a dusty slope, a camel kneels beside a pile of blankets, while a second camel at lower right has a large wooden crate roped to its side. Five people stand and sit nearby, including a smiling woman in a headscarf in the foreground, and a pale stone wall with a wooden post rises at left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Camels are being loaded with pottery crates. Milia.

Swedish, as on the record

Kameler lastas med keramiklådor. Milia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)