Object photograph·Csn0357·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Pl. C -45%

Limestone head of a figure with a flat-topped headband decorated with rosettes, shown on a dark stand against a grey backdrop. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0357. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head with a broad, rounded crown and a headband decorated with rows of raised rosettes. The face has almond-shaped eyes with incised lids, a straight nose with a damaged tip, a small closed mouth and large ears. The head sits on a dark rectangular base, and a number label is printed on the stand at lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Pl. C -45%.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Pl. C -45%.