Object photograph·C02901·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III

Limestone head of a statue with closed eyes and hair in rows of curls over the forehead — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02901. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head photographed frontally against a plain grey background. The eyes are closed and the mouth is set in a slight smile, while the nose is chipped. The hair is arranged in tight rows of curls across the forehead and over the sides, and the neck ends in a broken edge at the bottom of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III.

Swedish, as on the record

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

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