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Field photograph·C00761·1928

Westholm and Lindros outside the tents at Vouni

Two men in pith helmets stand outside large canvas tents at Vouni, with a stone sculpture fragment at left.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00761. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two men in shirts, shorts, pith helmets and boots stand side by side in front of two large canvas tents pitched on dry, stony ground. A pale stone sculpture fragment stands at left beside a wooden crate, and a large rough stone block lies in front of the tents. Hills rise in the background.

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Description, scan 2
Two men in pith helmets, light shirts and shorts stand on stony ground in front of large canvas tents with open entrances, with hills behind. The man on the left has a hand on his hip and holds a small dark object; the man on the right holds a small object at his waist. At the left stands a pale upright stone sculpture fragment, and a wooden crate and a rough stone block sit near the centre.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Westholm and Lindros outside the tents, wearing pith helmets. Probably the male sculpture with Cat. no. 291, inv. no. V. 6, from about 480 BC, visible on the left. Vouni.

Swedish, as on the record

Westholm och Lindros utanför tälten, de bär tropikhatt. Antagligen är det den manliga skulpturen med Cat. no. 291, inv. no. V. 6. från ungefär 480 f.kr. som syns till vänster. Vouni. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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