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Object photograph·C03497a·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ar.

Limestone sculpture of a head, photographed in three-quarter view with a worn face on the left.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03497a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone head with a worn, weathered face at left and a rough, uneven top surface. A rounded, curled form projects from the right side, and the neck tapers down to a broken, irregular base. The grey photograph is mounted on a pale card with a wide margin.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ar.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ar.