Field photograph·C01707·1929

Filling in tombs at Ayios Iakovos

Workers filling in a cut trench at Ayios Iakovos with soil, one man holding a hoe, a tent at the right edge. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01707. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Six people, including a boy on the left and a small child crouching at right, shovel and push loose soil into a long cut in the ground. A man in a straw hat holds a hoe, and women in headscarves and long skirts work at the near edge. A flat, dry landscape with low shrubs, distant buildings and a tent at the right edge fills the background.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A bearded man in a hat and several people in headscarves and long skirts shovel soil into a sandy trench in an open, dry landscape. A young boy stands at the left edge, another person crouches at the far right, and loose soil spills down into the cut. A white tent stands at the right, with low hills and scrubby bushes beyond.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Filling in the tombs at Ayios Iakovos.

Swedish, as on the record

Igenskottning av gravar. Ajios Jakovos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").