Field photograph·C00999

The Swedish Institute at Nicosia, room 2: shelves full of pottery in storage

Storage room with wooden shelves on both sides filled with pottery jugs and bowls, many with paper tags, and a window at the back.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00999. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two tall wooden shelf units line a tiled-floored storage room at the Swedish Institute at Nicosia, filled with pottery jugs, bowls and other vessels, many with small paper tags attached. A large paned window lights the back wall between the shelves, and the room is empty of people.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Storage room with wooden shelves holding many pottery vessels, many with paper tags, and a tall window at the far end.
Description, scan 2
Interior of a storage room with wooden shelving units along both sides, filled with pottery jugs, jars, bowls and dishes, many with paper tags tied to them. A tall window with glazed panes lies at the far end of the room, above a tiled floor. Some vessels sit on the lower shelves and floor, and a few bundles on the left appear to be wrapped in cloth.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The Swedish Institute at Nicosia, room 2. Shelves full of pottery. Storage.

Swedish, as on the record

Svenska institutet i Nicosia, rum 2. Hyllor fulla med keramik. Förvaring, magasin.

Swedish, as on the record

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