Object photograph·C06381·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II

Carved limestone head from Mersinaki with a fluted headdress and a band across the brow — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06381. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved pale limestone head with large almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose and a small closed mouth. The head wears a high cap with fluted and incised decoration on top and a twisted band across the forehead, with hair falling at the sides. It stands on a dark round base, and its lower edge is broken.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

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