Field photograph·C00878·1928

Osman with a pickaxe at Idalion

Osman with a pickaxe standing in an excavation trench at Idalion — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00878. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a headscarf, light striped shirt, sash and dark baggy trousers stands in a narrow excavation trench, holding a pickaxe at his side and looking towards the camera. Earth and stone walls rise on both sides, and stone blocks show at the left edge. In the background, a second person in a long dark dress stands on top of the wall at right.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A man in a white headscarf, pale shirt, dark loose trousers and sandals stands in a trench, holding a pick by its handle at his side and looking at the camera. Behind him rise high walls of earth and stone, and a second figure is partly visible on the wall top at the far right. Stone steps show at the left edge, and the trench floor is loose dirt with small stones.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Osman with a pickaxe. Idalion.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4

Swedish, as on the record

Osman med hacka. Idalion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen