Object photograph·C04599a·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Marble head of a young woman with wavy hair swept back, the nose broken away — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04599a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head of a woman, shown frontally against a plain backdrop with a small neck stub and a flat base below. The hair is combed in rows of wavy strands parted at the centre and falls to the sides, with a broad veil or cloth shape behind it. The nose is broken away and there are small surface losses, while the eyes and lips are smoothly carved.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.