Field photograph·Csn0186

Construction with pillars and people at Salamis, Famagusta

Excavated ruins at Salamis with a standing column shaft and a fallen column drum in the foreground, with people among the walls.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0186. Public domain (CC0).

Description

In the foreground a large fallen column drum lies across a paved floor of small stones. Behind it a standing column shaft rises from a low block base beside walls of cut stone blocks and rubble. Several people stand and crouch among the ruins on the higher ground at the back, with a hillside of scrub and terraces beyond.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Excavated stone walls at Salamis, Famagusta, with a fallen column drum in the foreground and people standing among the ruins.
Description, scan 2
Excavated stone walls and foundations rise in the middle ground, with a standing column shaft on a stone base at right. A large column drum lies on a cobbled pavement in the foreground. Six people in hats and light shirts stand and crouch among the walls, and a woman in a long skirt stands near the centre.

English, translated from the original record

Construction with pillars and people, Salamis at Famagusta.

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