Object photograph·C06307·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, statuette (K. 429)

Limestone head from Kition with large eyes and a flat-topped cylindrical headdress. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06307. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pitted limestone head with a flat-topped cylindrical headdress, heavy-lidded eyes, a short straight nose and a closed mouth with slightly curved lips. Ears show at the sides and the surface is speckled with dark spots and worn in places. The head fills the centre of a photograph mounted on a grey card, with a handwritten blue number in the top-left corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, K. 429.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, K. 429.

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