Field photograph·C01390·1928

Statues in a stone-walled enclosure at Oura

Several limestone statues and fragments standing in grass against a stone wall at Oura, with a field behind.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01390. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Five or so carved stone statues and fragments stand in a row in grass, set against a rough dry-stone wall with a ploughed field and scrubby hillside behind. The figures are weathered and broken: the tallest on the left is a worn upright body, another has a head with a cap or hood and deep carved folds, and at the right a large worn figure stands with its surface eroded. A broken head-like piece lies on the left among stones.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Weathered stone statues standing against a field wall at Oura
Description, scan 2
Five weathered stone statues stand in a row in front of a low wall of piled stones. Some are tall upright slabs, others are broken fragments, and one has a rounded head with a banded collar. Grass grows around their bases, with a ploughed field and scrubby hills behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Statues in a stone-walled enclosure. Oura.

Swedish, as on the record

Statyer i stengärdsgård. Oura. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen