Object photograph·Csn0387·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ashmolean Museum (1911.357)

Limestone head with a carved band of rosette-like flowers around its top, seen from the front — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0387. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone head seen from the front, with a tall cylindrical band across the top carved with rosette-like flowers. The face has almond-shaped eyes with heavy lids, a small closed mouth and incised lines running down the cheeks, and the surface is chipped in places. It stands on a dark circular base against a plain pale background, with handwriting partly visible along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ashmolean Museum. 1911.357.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Proto-Cypriote, Ashmolean Museum. 1911.357.