Field photograph·C02472·1929–30

Ayia Irini, temenos topography: people, buckets and a tent

Excavation at Ayia Irini with low stone walls, people carrying buckets across the dug area and a white tent on the right
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02472. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dry, sloping excavation at Ayia Irini shows low stone walls of rectangular structures and rubble-filled areas. In the foreground one figure stands at left while another carries two buckets across the cleared floor. A group of people stands along the edges of the excavated area in the background, a white tent sits at upper right, and scattered trees dot the hillside.

English, translated from the original record

Ayia Irini, temenos topography: people, buckets and a tent.

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