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Field photograph·C08917a

Potters' courtyard at Klirou, new pots

Two large clay pots on a wooden table in a courtyard of tiled, mud-brick buildings at Klirou
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08917a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two large clay pots stand on a wooden table in the foreground: a wide, rounded bowl on the left and a jar with a ridged rim and a broken, leaning section beside it on the right. Behind them are low buildings with tiled roofs, a window with bars, and a doorway in a stone wall, with a figure faintly visible in the doorway.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Two new clay pots on a wooden table in a courtyard at Klirou, with houses behind.
  • Two large clay pots on a wooden table in a courtyard at Klirou, with low buildings behind
Description, scan 2
Two clay vessels stand on a wooden table in an open courtyard. On the left is a wide, rounded bowl with a plain smooth surface; on the right is a jar with a broad mouth, a ridged rim and a thick ridged band, with a tall projection rising from its shoulder. Behind them are low buildings with tiled roofs, plastered walls and a doorway.
Description, scan 3
Two large clay pots stand on a wooden table in the foreground, the left one a wide open bowl with thick walls. The right pot is a jar with a cracked side and a notched band around its rim and shoulder. Behind them are low walled buildings, one with a tiled roof and a barred window, and a doorway in a low wall.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Potters' courtyard, new pots. Crafts. Farmstead F. Plate missing.

Swedish, as on the record

Krukmakargården, nya krukor. Hantverk. Gård. F. Plåt saknas

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