Field photograph·C03434·1929–30

Temenos topography at Ayia Irini

Temenos wall at Ayia Irini with a rubble-topped earth bank behind it, low hills and trees beyond — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03434. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wall of roughly laid stones runs across the middle of the picture, with a higher bank of earth and rubble behind it and dark hollows in its face. Open, pale ground fills the foreground, and low hills with bushes and a few trees rise against a cloudy sky.

English, translated from the original record

Topography of the temenos at Ayia Irini, with a mountain, a wall and a tree visible.

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