Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C09755

People, a wall and water, Cyprus ethnology

Man crouching to dip a container into a stone water channel, with a woman standing beside a wooden wheel frame and a stone structure.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09755. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man crouches at the edge of a stone-lined water channel, dipping a square container into the water. A woman in a long dark dress and headscarf stands at right beside a wooden wheel frame and a squared stone structure. Rubble stone walls and tall trees fill the background, and a number label sits in the lower right corner.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • A man crouched at a stone-lined water channel, dipping a tin into the water, with a woman standing by a wooden wheel frame.
Description, scan 2
A man crouches at the edge of a stone-lined water channel, lowering a metal tin into the water with one hand on its rim. Behind a low stone wall, a woman in a long dark dress and headscarf stands beside a wooden frame with a large wheel and a timber beam. Rocks, bushes and trees fill the left and upper background.

English, translated from the original record

Ethnology photograph from Cyprus showing people, a wall and water.