Object photograph·C06830·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II, sculpture (Me. 0717)

Limestone sculpture head from Mersinaki, shown in side view on a dark stand. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06830. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone sculpture of a head and upper neck, shown in side view on a dark square base. The crown is covered with vertical fluted ridges, and carved locks fall over the brow and down the side of the face. The face is worn and broken, with the nose and lower features damaged, and the neck is cut off flat at the bottom.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II, Me. 0717.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II, Me. 0717.

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