Object photograph·C09678·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Carved stone head sculpture with elaborate hair and a raised crest, shown on a dark square base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09678. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved head in pale stone, photographed from the front on a dark square base against a grey backdrop. The hair is combed back in heavy waves, rises into a raised crest at the top and falls in long locks beside the ears. The face has heavy-lidded eyes, a chipped nose and a closed mouth, and the surface is worn and pitted.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.