Object photograph·C04244·1927–1931

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Stone female head with a broad face and hair framing it, photographed against a plain background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04244. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head, shown frontally on a plain pale surface, with a rounded skull and hair in wavy bands framing the face. The eyes, nose and mouth are shallow and the surface is pitted and weathered, with a broken, rough base at the neck. The photograph is a close, straight-on view of the single object.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Soli.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Soli.

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