Object photograph·C06833·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II

Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06833. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head and upper neck, shown in right profile against a plain grey background. The hair is drawn back in grooved, wavy strands with a raised band over the top, and a curled lock sits near the ear. The neck ends in a rough broken edge resting on a dark wooden base.

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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