Object photograph·C05570a·1927–1931

Cypro-Greek II Limestone statue from Mersinaki (Me. 0641)

Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05570a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone statue of a figure shown in profile facing right, with hair bound by a band and rows of curls above the ear and forehead. The upper body wears a garment with vertical folds, and one arm is held close to the body. The figure stands on a rectangular stone block base against a plain grey backdrop, with a number label at lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cypro-Greek II Limestone Mersinaki III-IV, Me. 0641. S.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Cypro-Greek II Limestone Mersinaki III-IV, Me. 0641. S.

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