Field photograph·C06788

Mosaic at the ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite, Kouklia

Mosaic floor at the ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite, Kouklia, with a man in a suit standing beside it. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06788. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A geometric mosaic floor lies partly uncovered in the foreground, its pale tesserae forming bands and rectangular patterns amid scattered stones and earth. A man in a dark suit stands on open ground at centre right, beside heaps of rubble stone. A tree and low scrub grow at the right and across the flat, dry landscape behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Mosaic at the ruins of the Temple of Aphrodite. Aphrodite Palaepaphos sanctuary (Kouklia), Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Mosaik vid ruinerna av Afroditetemplet. Aphrodite Palaepaphos helgedom (Kouklia), Cypern.

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