Object photograph·C06345·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition II, sculpture (K. 118)

Limestone head of a smiling figure with grooved hair, shown against a dark grey backdrop — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06345. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone head with a broad, smiling face, narrow half-closed eyes and a full mouth. The hair is shown as a close cap of vertical grooves with a raised band across the top, and the neck is broken off unevenly at the base. The head is photographed on a dark grey backdrop, with a small white number label at lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition II, K. 118.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition II, K. 118.

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