Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C00833

Toulis and Rosa Lindros outside the SCE house in Nicosia

A man and a woman sitting on a whitewashed doorstep; he holds a tray of small vessels and she holds a cat.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00833. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a light shirt and trousers sits on a whitewashed step, holding a shallow tray with several small pale vessels, including a jug with a handle. Beside him a woman in a short-sleeved blouse and checked skirt sits in a dark doorway, holding a dark and white cat on her lap. The plastered wall behind has a shuttered window at the upper left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Two people seated on a doorstep outside a whitewashed house; the man holds a small handled tray of little vessels.
Description, scan 2
A man in a light shirt and trousers sits on a stone step holding a small handled tray with several little vessels. Beside him a woman in a checked skirt sits in a dark doorway, holding a small dark and white animal in her lap. Behind them is a whitewashed wall with a shuttered window above.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Toulis and Rosa Lindros outside the SCE house in Nicosia, 11 Gladstone Road. The picture shows people, a building and an object.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").