Field photograph·C01709·1928

The Acropolis from the east, Idalion

The Acropolis of Idalion seen from the east: a long flat-topped hill with stepped, banded slopes — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01709. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view across dry, open country toward a long flat-topped hill whose sides are cut into stepped, horizontal bands of soil and stone. Scattered trees stand in the middle ground, with a pale track crossing the fields below the hill. In the foreground a steep slope of pale soil and scrub falls away, and tall grasses or reeds fill the right-hand edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A long, flat-topped mound fills the middle distance, its sides marked by horizontal layers or terraces. In the foreground are scrubby bushes, a few small trees and bare, stony ground, with a cultivated area and more low hills behind the mound. No people are in the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The Acropolis from the east. Idalion.

Swedish, as on the record

Akropolen från öster. Idalion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen