Object photograph·Csn0380·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, British Museum (C.9)

Limestone head sculpture with closed eyes, on a square base; Neo-Cypriote, British Museum — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0380. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head with a rounded face, narrow closed eyes, a broad nose and a slight curve to the mouth, wearing a flat, ridged headdress. Parts of the ears and the back of the head are broken away, and the surface is pitted and weathered. The head sits on a square block base with a number label on its front, photographed against a dark background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote, British Museum, C.9.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote, British Museum, C.9.