Object photograph·Csn0396·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum, C.80

Carved limestone head with a banded headdress and broad face, seen from the front against a dark background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0396. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head shown frontally against a black background. The broad face has almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose with a chipped tip, a thin mouth and ears at the sides, and a wide band or headdress with carved ridges crosses the forehead. The rough grey surface is pitted, and the lower edge breaks off into a short stump below the chin.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum, C.80. h. 5.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum,C.80. h. 5.