Field photograph·C10047

Entrance arch, probably in the walls of Famagusta

Round-arched entrance in a stone wall with carved arch mouldings, probably at Famagusta
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C10047. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall wall of dressed stone blocks has a large round-arched doorway whose arch is built of moulded, stepped rings. To the left is a round panel of wooden planks in a circular stone frame, and a low stone bench stands in front of a band of carved relief along the base of the wall. The passage beyond the arch is dark and the ground in front is bare.

English, translated from the Swedish record

An entrance arch, probably in the walls which surround the city of Famagusta in northern Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

En ingångsbåge, troligen i murarna som omger staden Famagusta på norra Cypern.