Object photograph·Csn0432·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I (Ces.coll.,Vol. I, Pl. LXXII, 470)

Limestone head of a statue with a leafy or petal-patterned headdress and a long, textured beard. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0432. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head of a bearded figure shown against a plain black background on a dark circular stand. The hair or headdress is carved with overlapping leaf-like shapes and a row of spiral curls above the brow, and the beard is finely textured with horizontal ridges. The face has a narrow nose, a half-closed eye and a faint smile, and the back of the neck is broken away.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Ces.Coll, Ces.coll.,Vol. I, Pl. LXXII, 470. Head of a statue.

Swedish, as on the record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Ces.Coll, Ces.coll.,Vol. I, Pl. LXXII, 470.