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Object photograph·C09679·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture (Acc. 904)

Stone head of a figure in profile facing right, with hair drawn back in wavy strands, on a dark base
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09679. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A weathered stone head of a figure, shown in profile facing right on a dark rectangular base. The hair is drawn back in wavy, grooved strands over the ear and rises to a raised mass at the top, while the back of the head is rough and broken. A small clear block stands beside the base on the left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, Acc. 904.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur, Acc. 904.