Field photograph·C01605

Salamis, Famagusta: objects, people and trees

Three people sitting on a fallen column drum among scattered column fragments at Salamis, Famagusta.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01605. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three people sit together on a large fallen column drum in a grassy, scrubby field. A man in a dark coat holds a hat, another in a light suit sits beside him, and a woman in a dark coat and hat sits at the right. Other column drums lie around them, with a standing column shaft and a pine tree behind, and wooded hills rise in the background.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Three people seated on a fallen column drum among scattered column pieces and trees at Salamis, Famagusta
Description, scan 2
Three people sit and talk on a large fallen column drum in a grassy, overgrown site. Other drums and a standing column stub lie scattered behind them, with a tall pine tree and dense shrubs on a hillside in the background. In the foreground at lower left is a carved stone capital or block.

English, translated from the original record

Salamis, Famagusta: objects, people and trees are shown in the picture.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)