Object photograph·C04607·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ar.

Limestone head sculpture with a band of spiral scrolls across the forehead, on a square block base. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04607. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head with large almond-shaped eyes, a small closed mouth and a band across the forehead decorated with spiral scrolls. The nose is chipped, and the head sits on a short neck set into a square block base, with a blue painted line around the neck and a small handwritten number on the base. It is photographed from the front against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Swedish, as on the record

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