Object photograph·C05533·1927–1931

Limestone sculpture from Mersinaki (Me. 0701)

Limestone sculpture from Mersinaki showing a draped figure with worn, carved folds and a rounded projection at one side — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05533. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A worn limestone sculpture of a draped figure, shown against a plain grey background. Diagonal drapery folds run down the body, and a rounded projection juts out at the right. The surface is pitted and eroded, and the lower right edge is broken; a small label sits in the lower right corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0701. O S H.34.5.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0701. O S H.34.5.

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