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Object photograph·C03494b·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote

Limestone Neo-Cypriote statue of a block-like figure with a squared head and shoulders, seen from the front.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03494b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone statue seen from the front against a plain grey background, standing on a pale plinth at the lower right. The figure has a tall, squared head with a flat top, a blocky body and shoulders, and the arms are only suggested at the sides. The stone is pitted and grey-white, with pale scratches and worn patches across the upper body and left shoulder.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

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