Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C03325·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture

Marble head in left profile, hair with incised parallel lines, standing on a square plinth
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03325. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A marble head seen in left profile, set on a square plinth against a plain pale backdrop. The hair is rendered with closely incised parallel lines swept back above the ear and gathered low at the back, and the ear is clearly visible. The surface is weathered and speckled, with a crack running across the short neck just above the plinth.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture.