Object photograph·C02856·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III (K. 509)

Headless limestone statue from Kition in a long garment with diagonal bands of incised pattern — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02856. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing figure carved in limestone, its head missing and the neck left as a broken stump. The long garment has raised diagonal bands filled with a repeated diamond or chevron pattern, and the arms hang straight at the sides with simple cuffs. The figure stands on a block base, and the photograph is mounted on a pale card with a border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, K. 509.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, K. 509.

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