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Field photograph·JL157

Modern water jars, farmstead A, Klirou

Three modern water jars and a small cup on a wooden table at farmstead A, Klirou
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL157. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three handled jugs and a small cup with a loop handle stand on a wooden table outdoors. The jugs have narrow necks, rounded bodies and bands of dark painted decoration near the shoulders. Behind them are a low house with a tiled roof and a barred window, and a stone wall runs along the left edge above bare ground.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Three handled jugs and a small bowl on a wooden table in front of a farmstead building at Klirou
Description, scan 2
Three handled jugs with rounded bodies and narrow necks stand in a row on a rough wooden table, with a small handled bowl at the left end. The jugs have dark bands of decoration around their shoulders and bodies. Behind them, a low building with a tiled roof, mud-brick walls and a shuttered window stands on bare ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Crafts. Cyprus, Klirou village. Farmstead A. Modern water jars. JL157 PL157

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Hantverk. Cyprus Klirou by. GÅRD A Moderna vattenkrukor. JL157 PL157

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