Object photograph·C02903·1927–1931

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

Carved limestone head with a wrapped headdress and slight smile, seen from the front — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02903. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head photographed frontally against a pale grey ground, with a rounded, pitted surface. The head wears a wrapped headdress with vertical ridges above the forehead and folds over the top and sides. The almond-shaped eyes are shallow, the mouth is set in a slight smile, and the nose and cheeks are worn.

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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