Object photograph·C03490b·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote

Standing limestone figure, catalogued as Neo-Cypriote, shown frontally against a plain grey background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03490b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing figure carved in pale, speckled grey stone, with a head that has a flat cap or hair framing the face and arms bent so the hands rest on the chest. The figure wears a long, plain garment that falls to a block-like base, and the feet are visible at the bottom. It is photographed straight on, mounted on a card with a white border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote.