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Field photograph·C08915

Potter's courtyard at Klirou, treading clay

Potter treading clay in a courtyard at Klirou, with large jars and pots around him
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08915. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a light shirt and dark baggy trousers stands in a courtyard with his feet in soft clay, a long-handled spade leaning beside him. Behind him are large storage jars, smaller pots and a perforated sieve against mud-brick and stone walls. A wooden block stands to the right, and the foreground is filled with the rounded shoulders of big jars.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Potter standing in a courtyard at Klirou beside a bowl of clay, with large jars and a stone and mud-brick wall behind him
  • Potter treading clay in a courtyard at Klirou, with large storage jars and a spade beside a stone and mud-brick wall
Description, scan 2
A man in a light shirt and loose dark trousers stands in a dirt courtyard, bending over a bowl of clay and holding a long-handled wooden tool. Large storage jars lie in the foreground and a stacked heap of pottery and jars sits at left, with a plant litter on the ground. Behind them are a rubble-stone wall with mud-brick above and a wooden doorway.
Description, scan 3
A man in a light shirt and loose trousers stands on a bare earth courtyard, treading clay in a shallow bowl set on the ground. Large storage jars and smaller jugs stand against a mud-brick wall and a rubble stone wall, and a spade leans against the wall. A stack of wooden boards lies to the right, and a heap of straw or leaves is at the left edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Potter's courtyard, treading clay. Klirou. Crafts. Village. Farmstead F.

Swedish, as on the record

Krukmakargården, trampning av lera. Klirou. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen. Hantverk. By. Gård F.

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