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Field photograph·C06786a

Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite at Kouklia, 1934

Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite at Kouklia: low stone walls and scattered blocks, with a ruined building and the sea beyond
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06786a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view across low stone walls, footings and scattered blocks in the foreground, with a large wall of rough-faced blocks along the bottom edge. A ruined building with thick walls stands on a rise in the middle distance, and a flat, pale sea horizon lies behind it. A small distant figure may be visible near the centre-left by the ruined building.

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  • Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite at Kouklia: low stone walls and scattered blocks on flat, stony ground.
  • Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite at Kouklia, with stone walls and foundations and the sea beyond
Description, scan 2
Low walls of large cut stone blocks and scattered fallen blocks cover a flat, stony ground under a pale sky. In the middle distance a wall with two blocky projecting sections rises above the ruins, and a long low building with a flat roof stands at right. Bushes grow among the stones, and a thick wall of large blocks runs across the foreground.
Description, scan 3
Low stone walls, foundation courses and scattered fallen blocks cover the foreground, with bushes and rubble across the flat ground. Behind them a ruined structure with broken walls stands against a flat sea horizon under a pale sky. A large rough stone wall runs along the bottom edge of the frame, and a small dark figure is possibly visible at the left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite, 1934. Copy photograph.

Swedish, as on the record

Ruiner från Afroditetemplet, 1934. Afrodites helgedom var en helgedom i antika Pafos på Cypern tillägnad gudinnan Afrodite (grekisk gudinna för kärlek och skönhet). Den ligger i Kouklia (grekiska: Κούκλια, turkiska: Kukla), en by i Pafos-distriktet där Afrodites legendariska födelse ägde rum.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Cypernexpeditionen.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)