Field photograph·C09741

A man and a child at the fort at Kolossi

A man in a suit and fez with a cane, and a barefoot boy, on the stone walls of the fort at Kolossi
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09741. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a dark suit, light shirt and fez stands with a cane beside a barefoot boy in a loose buttoned shirt and cropped trousers. They stand on top of a wall of large squared stone blocks with two rectangular openings. Behind them is a wide view over flat land with low hills on the horizon and a cluster of low buildings at the right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • A man in a suit and a tall flat-topped cap with a cane, and a barefoot boy, standing on a stone fort wall at Kolossi
Description, scan 2
A man in a dark suit and a tall flat-topped cap stands with a walking cane beside a barefoot boy in a loose shirt and short trousers. Both stand on the top of a stone-built wall with two square openings behind them. Beyond the wall a wide landscape of flat ground and low hills runs back to a few distant buildings on the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Mesaoria. A man and a child at the fort at Kolossi.

Swedish, as on the record

Messaorea

Swedish, as on the record

En man och ett barn vid fortet Kolossi.

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