Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·JL209

Oven, for bread?

Domed oven with an arched opening in a yard, beside a whitewashed wall with a wooden door
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL209. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A domed oven with a rounded top and a low arched opening stands on a raised base in an open yard. To the right, a whitewashed wall has a weathered wooden door with two ring handles, and a small wooden frame stands at the lower left. Bare branches and leafy trees fill the top of the view, and the ground is bare earth with scattered stones.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Domed clay oven with an arched opening in a dirt yard, beside a plastered building with wooden doors
Description, scan 2
A domed oven of clay or mud plaster stands on a low plastered base in a bare dirt yard, its arched opening facing the viewer. Beside it is a small wooden frame with wire mesh, and a rough wooden fence stands in the foreground among scattered stones and sticks. At right, a plastered wall has a pair of weathered planked wooden doors with iron ring handles, and tree branches overhang the scene.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Oven, for bread?

Swedish, as on the record

Ugn, för bröd?