Object photograph·C04386·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture (So.511)

Marble sculpture head from Soli with wavy hair bands and a weathered face — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04386. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A marble head shown frontally against a grey backdrop, with the hair in rows of wavy locks framing the forehead and sides. The face is heavily weathered, with the nose and mouth area worn and encrusted, and the neck ends in a rough, broken lower edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture, So.511.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture. So.511

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