Object photograph·C04149·1927–1931

Soli (So. 443)

Limestone female head from Soli, shown frontally on a plain background, nose and parts of the headdress broken. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04149. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with a full face, large eyes, a small mouth and hair arranged in waves over the forehead and down the sides. The surface is pitted and weathered, with losses at the top of the head and along the left side of the face. The head is photographed on a pale surface against a plain grey backdrop, with a white patch on the lower right of the base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Soli, So. 443.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Soli, So. 443.

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