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Field photograph·C01832·1929–30

Bridge after the first autumn rain at Chiloura

Stone arched bridge over a muddy stream at Chiloura, with a camel caravan and a vehicle on the ridge behind.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01832. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-arched stone bridge crosses a muddy stream bed in the foreground, with water pooled on the left and cracked, drying mud around it. On the skyline behind, several camels walk in a line beside a vehicle, with a few people standing among them under a wide open sky.

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  • Stone arched bridge over a muddy watercourse at Chiloura, with a line of camels and people on the distant ground.
Description, scan 2
A stone bridge with two round arches crosses a wide, cracked mud surface, with a shallow pool of water beside its left arch. On the far left, a horse-drawn vehicle and several people stand near animals, and a line of camels walks across the flat plain under a pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The bridge after the first autumn rain. Chiloura.

Swedish, as on the record

Bron efter första höstregnet. Chiloura. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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