Field photograph·Csn1732·1927–1931

Hill, pillar and stone in North Africa

Tall stone column on a carved base beside stepped stone ruins, with a rocky hillside rising behind — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1732. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall, smooth stone shaft stands on a carved square base in the foreground, with a small hole near its top. To the right, a block carries a broken sculpted fragment. Behind, stone steps and a wall of large blocks climb toward a rocky hillside with pale cloths hung on posts.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa, showing a hill, a pillar and a stone.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.