Field photograph·Csn1721·1927–1931

Building with a stone vault, North Africa

Ruined stone structure with tiers of arched openings and vaulted passages, North Africa — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1721. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The photograph shows the inside of a ruined curved masonry structure, with several tiers of arched openings rising behind a foreground of rubble and fallen blocks. At lower left and in the centre, low vaulted openings lead into dark recesses, and loose stones lie scattered across the ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa: building with a stone vault.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.