Object photograph·C00277·1927–1931

Marble sculpture probably representing Aphrodite

Marble statue of a female nude, probably representing Aphrodite, with the arms broken off, standing on a plinth — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00277. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing marble statue of a female nude, her hair gathered up at the back of the head, shown frontally against a dark backdrop. Both arms are broken off at the shoulders, and the surface is mottled with dark stains and worn in places. The figure stands on a plain rectangular plinth.

English, translated from the Swedish record

A marble sculpture that probably represents Aphrodite. The sculpture is in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. En skulptur i marmor som antagligen föreställer Afrodite. Skulpturen finns på Cyprus museet i Nicosia.

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