Object photograph·fol. 58r

Stone heads and inscribed slabs

Carved stone heads above a half-round inscribed slab, with two rectangular slabs, against a dark background — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 58r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Several carved stone heads, some with curled hair and one bearded, are set in a row above a large half-round slab with an incised inscription. Two rectangular slabs lie at the lower left and right, and a small block stands at the top centre. The photograph sits on a cream card with a dark background.

English

Stone heads and inscribed slabs: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 58r.