Object photograph·Csn0435·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I, Ces.Coll.

Limestone sculpture head of a bearded man, with curled hair and beard; the nose and part of the face are broken. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0435. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Front view of a limestone head sculpture with a band of curls across the forehead and a cap-like arrangement of leaf-shaped forms above. The bearded face has almond-shaped eyes, a beard of rows of spiral curls, and a broken nose and chipped cheek. The head sits on a dark cylindrical stand with a number label on its base against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone. Cypro-Greek I. Ces.Coll.

Swedish, as on the record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Ces.Coll.