Object photograph·C04643·1927–1931

Stone statue, Arsos VIII-IX (Ar. C.M.)

Stone statue head from Arsos, wearing a veil, with wavy hair and a broken nose — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04643. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with a veil drawn over the head and wavy hair in rows above the forehead. The nose is broken away and the surface is pitted and worn, and the head rests on a short neck stub above a plain rectangular base. It is photographed close-up against a pale background and mounted on a card with a handwritten number in the bottom corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Arsos VIII-IX, Ar. C.M.. Stone statue.

Swedish, as on the record

Arsos VIII-IX, Ar. C.M..

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