Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C00777·1928

Landscape at Oura

Landscape at Oura: a sandy coast with dunes and low scrub, a pale tent and a small hut, with the sea beyond.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00777. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view over sand dunes covered in low, bushy scrub, with the sea and a curving sandy shoreline on the left. A pale tent and a small square hut stand on the sand in the middle distance, and a flat, open area lies to the right. The sky above the horizon is empty.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Coastal landscape at Oura with a sandy shore, dune scrub and the sea beyond.Full resolution
Description, scan 2
A wide view over a low coastline of sand and gravel, with the sea filling the left and far background under a bare sky. Dense low scrub and grassy dunes cover the middle ground, and a small pale tent and a small box-like structure stand on a sandy clearing near the centre. A cultivated or grassy field lies to the right beyond the bushes.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Landscape. Oura.

Swedish, as on the record

Landskap. Oura. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen