Object photograph·C06348c·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition II, sculpture (K. 499)

Limestone head of a figure with a tall pointed headdress, from Kition, shown frontally — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06348c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph of a limestone head with a tall, pointed headdress rising above a band across the forehead. The face is worn and pitted, with the eyes, nose and mouth softened, and the ears project on either side. The head is shown frontally against a plain dark backdrop, with a broken lower edge at the neck, and the print is mounted on a pale card with a border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition II, K. 499.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Kition II, K. 499.

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