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Object photograph·Csn0349·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote

Limestone sculpture of a head in profile facing left, wearing a tall flat-topped headdress with a raised band across the brow.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0349. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head and upper neck shown in left profile against a plain grey background. The head wears a tall, flat-topped headdress with a raised band across the brow, and the ear is carved in relief. The eye, nose and lips are shallow and the surface is pitted and worn, and the neck runs off the bottom edge of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote.