Object photograph·C02870·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, statuette (K. 104)

Limestone head of a statuette from Kition, wearing a wrapped headdress with ribbed bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02870. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head with its face turned toward the viewer's left, the features worn and partly abraded. The headdress is a rounded wrapped cloth with a raised fold across the top and diagonal ribbed bands over the forehead and side. The head rests on a support with a blue-edged base and a metal prop against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, K. 104.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, K. 104.

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