Object photograph·C04599·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Stone head of a woman with wavy hair and a veil, nose damaged, set on a plinth — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04599. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with wavy hair parted at the centre and a veil or hood framing the face and sides. Small clusters of carved shapes hang near the ears, the nose is chipped, and the neck stands on a square plinth. The photograph is mounted on a card with a plain grey backdrop and a blue handwritten number at the lower edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.