Object photograph·C06209·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III (K. 213+33+191)

Limestone statue from Kition, head and upper torso, with a ridged cylindrical headdress — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06209. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The head and upper torso of a limestone statue are photographed against a dark cloth. The figure wears a tall cylindrical headdress with rows of rounded knobs and vertical ridges. The face is worn and smooth, and pale patches of filler or paint run along the headdress edge and near the neck.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, K. 213+33+191.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, K. 213+33+191.

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