Object photograph·C02371·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek II Vouni III-IV (V. 527)

Limestone statue of a standing draped figure with curled hair and a necklace, from Vouni
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02371. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing figure carved in limestone, shown front-on against a dark background on a stone base. The head has curled hair over the ears and a necklace of rounded beads across the chest. The garment has many vertical wavy pleats over the upper body and diagonal folds falling over the lower body, and the arm on the viewer's right is bent at the elbow and ends in a broken stump.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Limestone statue of a standing female figure from Vouni, shown frontal against a dark background.
Description, scan 2
A limestone statue of a standing female figure, shown frontal and full length on a base. Her hair is set in tight curls around the head, and a row of rounded beads lies at the neck above a garment with wavy vertical folds across the chest and diagonal folds over the skirt. One arm hangs at her side, the other bent at the waist, and the surface shows some wear.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek II Vouni III-IV, V. 527.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek II Vouni III-IV, V. 527.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)