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Field photograph·C02335·1930

Settlement site at Kythrea

People seated on stony ground below eroded hills at Kythrea, with a flock of sheep or goats at the right edge.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02335. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Around a dozen people sit in a loose group on bare, stony ground in the middle distance, some with small bundles or containers beside them. Behind them rise eroded hills and a long flat-topped ridge under a clear sky, and a flock of sheep or goats grazes at the right edge.

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Description, scan 2
About a dozen people sit and crouch in a loose group on open, stony ground, some wearing hats and headscarves. Baskets lie on the ground among them. Rounded hills and a rocky knoll rise behind, and a flock of sheep grazes on the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Settlement site. Kythrea.

Swedish, as on the record

Boplatsen. Kythrea. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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