Object photograph·C05429a·1927–1931

Cypro-Greek II Limestone Mersinaki III-IV

Carved limestone head from Mersinaki, wearing a tall crown of leaf-like forms above a band of dotted ornament. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05429a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Frontal photograph of a carved limestone head with almond-shaped eyes, a small mouth and a tall headdress of rounded, leaf-like forms above a band of dotted ornament. The neck ends in a broken edge resting on a pale white base. The print is pasted on a pale card mount 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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