Object photograph·C05593·1927–1931

Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone (Me. 0903)

Stone head from Mersinaki, shown front-on, with the top and right side of the hair broken away. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05593. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head carved from pale, grainy stone, shown front-on on a dark stand with a number label at its base. The face has a straight nose, full lips and a rounded chin, and the eye area on the viewer's left is worn and pitted. The top of the head and the hair mass on the right are broken, leaving rough edges and a diagonal crack across the face.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0903.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0903.

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