Object photograph·C05598a·1927–1931

Sculpture, Mersinaki (Me. 0624)

Limestone sculpture head from Mersinaki, face partly worn, photographed against a plain grey background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05598a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head carved in porous, pitted stone, shown frontally against a plain grey background. The brow ridge, eye area, nose and mouth appear as low, worn relief, while the top of the head and the cheeks are rough and eroded with dark hollows. The photograph is mounted on a pale card border with a small printed label in the lower corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0624. S.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Hellenistic roman Mersinaki Terracotta limestone, Me. 0624. S.

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