Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·JL062·1927–1931

Interior of a house

Interior of a house with round flat trays hung on the plastered walls and a large jar standing on the floor.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL062. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The plastered room has a tall central wooden post topped with a cylindrical basket, with cloth hanging from it. Round flat trays, some with patterned surfaces, hang in rows on the walls, and a large jar stands on the floor at right. At left, a small wooden table holds pots and jars beside a wall mirror, and a number label appears in the lower right corner.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of a house with round woven baskets hung on the mud-plastered walls and a large jar standing by the wall
Description, scan 2
A plastered room with a timber roof and a central wooden post that holds a hanging basket. Round woven baskets and flat discs hang on the back wall, and a large dark jar with banded decoration stands on a stone base at right. A wooden bench on the left holds jugs and other containers, and cloths hang from the post.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Copy photograph. Interior of a house.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Cypernexpeditionen, Husinteriör.