Object photograph·C05078·1927–1931

Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, fragment (Me. 0647)

Fragment of a sculpted face, a head from Mersinaki shown on a metal rod stand — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05078. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A broken fragment of a sculpted head, shown frontally on a thin metal rod stand against a plain pale background. The face has heavy-lidded eyes, a straight nose with a chipped tip, and a closed mouth, while the top and sides of the head are rough and eroded where the hair would have been. The surface is pitted and greyish, with a few small dark patches.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0647.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0647.

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