Object photograph·C06324·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, statuette (K. 186)

Limestone head fragment from Kition with worn face, broken at the back and lower left — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06324. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A worked limestone head or statuette fragment photographed straight on against a plain grey backdrop. The face has large, deep-set eye hollows, a prominent nose and a heavy lower face, while the surface is pitted and eroded. The lower left side and the back are broken away, leaving a rough, truncated neck.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, K. 186.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, K. 186.

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