Object photograph·C05462a·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture

Torso of a carved pale stone statue on a white pedestal, shown against a black backdrop — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05462a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved pale stone torso, headless and with both arms broken short, is shown in three-quarter view against a black backdrop. It stands on a square white pedestal with a metal plate bearing a printed legend. The surface is weathered and pitted, and the neck end has a rough, broken edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture.