Field photograph·C06815

Wall and tree at Salamis

Ruined stone blocks, a low wall and a line of upright stones at Salamis, with trees behind — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06815. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Large weathered pale stone blocks in the foreground, one a cylindrical drum with a pitted surface, lie on scrubland of bare earth and dry grass. A line of low walls and upright stone stumps runs diagonally into the middle distance, with a dense band of trees and bushes along the background under a pale sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A flat, open site at Salamis with rows of rough stone blocks and low walls running into the distance. In the foreground a large weathered block and a second worn stone stand among scrub and dry grass. Dense trees fill the background under a pale sky, and a few distant houses are just visible at the far right.

English, translated from the original record

Construction with a wall and a tree, Salamis, Famagusta.

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