Object photograph·Csn0397·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum (C.10)

Limestone head sculpture with a smiling face and short beard, shown from the front. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0397. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head shown from the front on a pale cylindrical base against a black background. The head has a rounded skull with a band across the brow, large almond-shaped eyes with heavy lids, a broad nose, a closed smiling mouth and a short carved beard. Flaring side locks or a hood fall past the ears to the shoulders, and the stone surface is rough and pitted.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum, C.10.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum, C.10.