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Object photograph·C03494a·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote

Limestone sculpture of a head and upper body in profile, facing left, with one arm bent up to the chest.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03494a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A worn, grey limestone bust shown in side profile facing left, with a flat-topped head, a modelled ear and a bent arm with the hand raised near the chest. The figure stands on a square base against a plain light backdrop, and the surface is pitted and weathered.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

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