Field photograph·C02210·1929–31

Central cistern being examined at Vouni

Men and a boy working at the central cistern at Vouni, with timber supports and ropes over the stone-lined pit. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02210. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several men and a boy work around a rectangular pit with stone-built sides at the bottom. Wooden beams lie across the opening and ropes hang down into it. A man in a waistcoat crouches at the left edge, a man in a fez stands behind the pit, and men in hats hold the ropes on the right while a boy watches from the far right; rubble heaps and the sea lie behind.

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Description, scan 2: Several men and a boy work around an open stone-lined cistern at Vouni, with a wooden frame built across its top. Two men on the left lean over the edge, while men in hats pull on ropes at the right. A heap of pale rubble lies behind them, and the sea shows as a flat band on the horizon.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The central cistern being examined. Men and children. In the background the sea can be seen. Vouni.

Swedish, as on the record

Centralcisternen undersöks. Män och barn. I bakgrunden syns havet. Vouni. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen