Object photograph·C04606·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ar.

Limestone head sculpture in three-quarter view, with a raised hair band and rounded ear ornament — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04606. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone head on a plain block base, shown in three-quarter view against a pale backdrop. The face is worn and the nose is eroded, with a raised band framing the hair above the brow and a rounded ear ornament at the side. A ridged band runs around the lower neck, and the surface is rough and pitted, with a few faint bluish marks on the cheek.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ar.