Object photograph·C04383·1927–1931

Soli (So. 334)

Limestone head of a figure with a tall rounded headdress and curled hair, from Soli — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04383. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head shown frontally against a plain pale background, with a tall, rounded headdress above rows of curled locks framing the face. The face has heavy-lidded eyes, a broad nose now chipped, and a small closed mouth; the surface is weathered and pitted with small drilled holes in the hair. The head ends in a broken neck.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Soli, So. 334.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Soli, So. 334.

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