Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C06013

Life on the terrace at Machairas

Man in white holds a small boy on a wooden swing bar under a timber terrace roof at Machairas; two men stand at right.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06013. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a white shirt and trousers holds a toddler in striped clothes who sits on a wooden bar swing hung from ropes. The bar hangs beneath the beams of a covered terrace supported by a timber post. Two men stand at the right edge, one in a light shirt and trousers and the other partly cut off by the frame, with trees and bushes in the background to the left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • A man holds a small child seated on a swing under a wooden porch roof, with two people standing at the right edge.
Description, scan 2
A man in a white shirt and light trousers holds a toddler in striped clothes who sits on a wooden swing hung from ropes under a porch roof. Wooden posts and beams frame the terrace, with trees beyond its edge on the left. At the right edge a man stands in a white shirt, and another person, partly cut off, wears a light hat.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Life on the terrace. Einar Gjerstad holds his son, Stefan Gjerstad, on his arms, and at the back sits Erik Sjöqvist and next to him probably Martin Gjerstad. Machairas, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Livet på terrassen. Einar Gjerstad håller på armarna sin son, Stefan Gjerstad, och längst bak sitter Erik Sjöqvist och bredvid honom troligen Martin Gjerstad. Macheras, Cypern, Svenska Cypernexpeditionen.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").