Field photograph·C02614·1929

Necropolis hill at Palaeoskoutella, viewed from the south

Necropolis hill at Palaeoskoutella seen from the south across a flat, cultivated plain. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02614. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view of a rounded, scrub-covered hill rising across the middle distance, with a higher ridge to the right and more hills behind. In the foreground a pale, eroded bank runs across a level field, and a smaller mound of rock and scrub sits to the right of the centre. The sky is pale and empty, and no people are visible.

Other scans of this record (2)

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Description, scan 2: A wide view across flat, pale fields toward a long wooded hill with scrubby trees covering its slopes. A low mound with bushes stands in the middle distance, and a line of eroded pale rock cuts along the foreground edge. A further rocky ridge rises on the right, and the sky above is empty.
Description, scan 3: A wide view of rolling hills covered in low scrub and bushes, with a rounded hill at the centre and a steep rocky slope on the right. In the foreground, open grassy ground runs to an eroded earth bank with bushes along its top, and the pale sky fills the upper part of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Necropolis hill from the south. Palaeoskoutella.

Swedish, as on the record

Nekropolberget från söder. Paleoskoutella Svenska Cypernexpeditionen