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Object photograph·C06561·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Egyptian

Limestone Cypro-Egyptian sculpture of a man holding a lyre-shaped stringed instrument, three-quarter view.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06561. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone figure of a man shown from the chest up in three-quarter view, with a close-fitting cap or hair band and a large ear. One arm bends across the body so the hand rests on the upright strings of a lyre-shaped instrument with a curved top at the right. The stone is pitted and worn, and a small number label sits below the figure against a plain background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Egyptian.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Egyptian.