Object photograph·Csn0398·1927–1931

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum (C.49)

Limestone statue of a standing female figure with a small carved animal beside her, on a rectangular base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0398. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone statue of a standing female figure, photographed full length against a black background on a rectangular base with a printed label. She wears a cap, a long plain garment with horizontal folds across the waist, and holds one hand to her chest. A small carved animal with a broad head stands beside her at the viewer's left, and the stone surface is pitted and worn.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum, C.49.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Proto-Cypriote, British Museum, C.49.