Field photograph·C08505·1927–1931

Statue of a man, North Africa

Carved stone head with wavy hair on a moulded base, set on a rough stone block beside a masonry wall — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08505. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with wavy hair bound across the crown and a chipped nose is turned to the right. It rises from a moulded cylindrical base set on a rough stone block. Behind it stands a wall of large blocks, and the dark background sets off the head.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa. Statue of a man.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.