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Object photograph·Csn0371·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Ces. Coll. Vol. I, Pl.XIX. 32

Limestone head of a figure in three-quarter profile, wearing a band with rosette ornament around the forehead.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0371. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale limestone head, shown in profile facing right on a dark wooden base against a plain grey backdrop. The head wears a broad band decorated with a row of raised rosettes across the brow, and the eye, ear and nose are clearly carved. The neck is broken off at the bottom and the surface is weathered and slightly pitted.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Ces. Coll. Vol. I, Pl.XIX. 32.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, Ces. Coll. Vol. I, Pl.XIX. 32.