Object photograph·C04220b·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture (So.457)

Carved stone head of a bearded man from Soli, photographed frontally against a pale background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04220b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The head, carved in stone with a pitted and worn surface, shows a bearded man with short curled hair over the forehead and ears, a broad nose and heavy brows. It rests on a plain neck block and is photographed from the front against a pale ground, with a white painted ring or plinth beneath it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture, So.457.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture. So.457.

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