Object photograph·C00241·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture: the mukhtar with a Byzantine relief of a jaguar (C.M.)

Man in a hat holding a carved stone relief panel with a feline figure and leafy ornament, low hills behind him — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00241. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a brimmed hat and moustache stands outdoors in front of low hills and holds up a rectangular carved stone slab with both hands. The slab shows a feline-like animal in relief, its body filled with small drilled dots, with leafy scrolls and a moulded border along the edge. The ground is dry and stony, and the man wears a dark garment with a light collar.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture. C.M. The mukhtar with a Byzantine relief depicting a jaguar or a similar feline, and a pomegranate. The object is probably in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture. C.M. Muktaren med bysantinsk relief föreställande en jaguar eller ett liknande kattdjur, samt ett granatäpple. Objektet finns antagligen på Cyprus Museum, Nicosia.