Object photograph·C06343·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I head statue, Kition III, K. 463 S.

Limestone head statue from Kition with a tall conical headdress and a faint smile — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06343. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone head with a tall, pointed conical headdress edged by a band of notched ridges. The face has heavy-lidded almond eyes, a straight nose and a slight smile, with carved hair falling at both sides and the neck broken straight across. It is shown against a plain grey background on a mounted card, with a handwritten blue number at the top left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I, Kition III, K. 463 S.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition III, K. 463 S.

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