Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C06292

Copy photograph of a building with steps and a person in Nicosia

Courtyard with a broad stone staircase, an arched doorway and a man standing at left beside a chair
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06292. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a dark jacket, white shirt and dark trousers stands at left beside a wooden chair. A broad stone staircase with worn treads rises to a two-storey building with shuttered windows and an arched doorway. To the right, a stone-walled ramp leads down to an arched gateway with wooden doors, and a few small figures stand on the terrace and in the doorway behind.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Courtyard in Nicosia with a wide stone staircase leading to an arched doorway, and a man standing at the left edge.
Description, scan 2
A two-storey building with shuttered windows and an arched doorway stands above a wide stone staircase on the left. A man in a dark jacket and light shirt stands at the left edge, partly cut off by the frame. An arched gateway with dark wooden doors sits below a stone-walled ramp that climbs to the right beside tall trees.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Copy photograph.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Cypernexpeditionen.