Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C04239·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture

Torso fragment of a marble sculpture, cut out and mounted on black card with a white outline
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04239. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph of a sculpted torso showing shoulders, breasts and navel, with the head, arms and lower body missing. The stone surface shows soft grey shading, a dark hollow at the broken neck and a faint yellowish patch on the chest. The cut-out figure is pasted on a black card with a rough white outline around its edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture.