Field photograph·C08219·1930

Threshing at Enkomi

Two oxen yoked to a wooden beam, with a man and a woman standing beside them at Enkomi — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08219. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pair of dark oxen stand side by side, yoked to a long wooden beam. A man in a hat stands between them behind the yoke, and a woman in a long dress and headscarf stands to the right holding a stick. The ground is bare and stony, with a low stone line at left and trees and hills in the distant background.

Other scans of this record (2)

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Description, scan 2: Two dark oxen are yoked to a long wooden beam with a flat board, working across cut straw on open ground. A man in a hat and jacket stands behind them, and a woman in a headscarf and long dress holds a long stick to the right. A dry-stone wall runs along the left, with low hills, scrub and a few trees behind.
Description, scan 3: A man in a hat and jacket stands behind a pair of dark oxen harnessed to a long wooden beam, with a wooden implement trailing behind them. A woman in a long dress and headscarf stands to the right, holding a long stick. The ground is stony and scattered with cut straw, with low bushes, a tree and rounded hills in the background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Copy photograph. Threshing. Enkomi. Reproneg MM12081.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Från svenska cypernexpedi- tionen. Enkomi. Tröskning.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4, Reproneg MM12081

Swedish, as on the record

Tröskning. Enkomi. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen