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Object photograph·Csn0358·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote statue

Carved limestone head and shoulder of a statue, shown in profile facing left
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0358. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head and upper shoulders of a statue, shown in profile facing left against a plain dark grey backdrop. The hair is arranged in ridged bands across the top of the head and falls straight down behind a carved ear. The eye is outlined, the nose and lips are sharply modelled, and the surface is weathered and pitted, with some damage in the hair at the back.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Cos. Coll., vol. I, Pl. IX, II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Cos. Coll. , vol. I,Pl. IX, II.