Object photograph·C05313a·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ar.

Limestone statue bust with layered bead necklaces and a small animal carved at the chest — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05313a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large limestone statue of a figure, shown from the chest up against a dark background. The head has a flat-topped headdress, downcast eyes and pendant ear ornaments, and several rows of beads hang over the chest with a central pendant. A small sculpted animal, probably a bull or calf, stands on a low block at the lower chest, and the surface is worn and pitted.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Swedish, as on the record

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