Object photograph·C04166·1927–1931

Stone statue from Soli, So. 335 C.M.

Stone sculpture of a coiled snake with raised head, from Soli — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04166. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone snake coils around a fluted cylindrical element, its head raised high on a long neck above the coils. The scaled body has a rough, weathered surface, and the sculpture sits on an irregular stone base. It is photographed against a plain light background on a card mount with a border and handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Soli, So. 335 C.M..

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