Object photograph·C06329b·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek II (K. 274)

Limestone head of a figure with a banded headdress and wide almond-shaped eyes, photographed against a plain grey background. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06329b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head, shown frontally, with a broad face, a small mouth and wide, heavy-lidded eyes. The hair or headdress is shown as rows of rounded, layered curls or bands framing the forehead and sides. The neck ends in a flat, broken base, and the surface is pitted and worn, with some dark spots on the print.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek II, K. 274.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek II, K. 274.

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