Field photograph·C06278·1927–31

Perides lighting a lamp at Kition, Larnaca

Perides lighting a hanging lamp in a stone chamber at Kition, Larnaca — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06278. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a suit jacket, seen in profile facing left, stands in a dark stone chamber and lights a small metal lamp hanging on a chain from a pale, rough wall. A small flame glows at the wick. The ceiling is uneven rock and the surroundings fall into deep shadow.

Other scans of this record (3)

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Description, scan 2: Perides stands in dark clothing on a rocky outcrop at the lower right, holding a long stick and looking out over a broad valley. A winding track or dry riverbed crosses the middle distance between scrubby, bare hills that fade into haze under a pale sky. Bushes grow among the boulders in the foreground.
Description, scan 3: A man in a jacket and trousers stands at a rough wall, bending to light a small wick in a niche with his hands. A metal oil lamp hangs from a chain on the left, its flame lit. The ceiling and walls are uneven, rough-cut rock with patches of pale surface.
Description, scan 4: A man in a jacket stands in a dim chamber with a rough rock ceiling and a pale, weathered wall beside him. He leans toward a small metal oil lamp hanging from a chain on a wall bracket, his hands close to its flame as he lights it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Larnaca. Perides lights a lamp. Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Larnaca. Perides tänder en lampa Kition. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen