Object photograph·C08959·1927–1931
Limestone Neo-Cypriote, British Museum, P.12. Pl. X -20%
Description
A carved limestone head with eyes closed, a faint smile and an incised, curled beard, wearing a flat-topped cap with long side flaps decorated with incised lines. The head is broken off at the neck and rests on a cylindrical base and a plain block, which carries a printed number label. The background is plain black and the surface is pitted with small marks.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Limestone Neo-Cypriote, British Museum, P.12. Pl. X -20%.
Swedish, as on the record
Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, British Museum, P.12. Pl. X -20%.
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