Object photograph·C05429·1927–1931

Cypro-Greek II Limestone Mersinaki III-IV

Limestone head from Mersinaki with wavy hair or headdress and large almond-shaped eyes, shown on a cylindrical base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05429. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A frontal view of a limestone head with a worn face, large almond-shaped eyes, a small mouth and a broad nose. Wavy bands of hair or headdress rise above a raised fillet across the forehead, and the neck ends in a broken edge set on a white plaster patch atop a cylindrical base. The photograph is mounted on a pale card with a narrow border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cypro-Greek II Limestone Mersinaki III-IV.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Cypro-Greek II Limestone Mersinaki III-IV.

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