Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C06794

Landscape from the road to Hallefka

Landscape from the road to Hallefka, with a parked car, a crouching person and a dog on stony ground.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06794. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Eroded hills and a wide dry valley stretch into the distance under a pale sky. In the foreground an old car with an open door and luggage on its roof is parked on stony ground, with a person crouched beside it and a dog standing nearby. Small shrubs and trees grow among the rocks.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Boxy car on a stony track in hilly country, with a crouching person and a shaggy dog on a rise beside itFull resolution
Description, scan 2
A boxy car with luggage tied on its roof stands on a stony track in the foreground, its near door open. A person in a light robe and hat crouches beside a pale, shaggy dog on a rocky rise, while eroded hills and scrubby bushes stretch into the distance.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Landscape from the road to Hallefka.

Swedish, as on the record

Landskap från vägen till Hallefka. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen