Object photograph·C00278·1927–1931

Naked marble sculpture from Soli, perhaps Aphrodite

Marble statue of a nude female figure from Soli, without arms, standing on a white plinth — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00278. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing nude female statue in pale marble, with its arms broken off at the shoulders and its hair dressed high on the head with curls at the sides. The slender legs are close together and the surface shows small dark spots and weathering. It stands on a white plinth against a dark backdrop with soft folds of cloth.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Naked marble sculpture with hairstyle, without arms and with slender legs. Cypro-hellenistic, IB. Perhaps depicts Aphrodite. Found at Soli. Aphrodite. C. M.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Naken marmorskulptur med frisyr, utan armar och smalben. Cypro-hellenistic, IB. Föreställer kanske Afrodite. Hittad i Soli/Soloi. Afrodite. C. M.

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