Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn0442·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I, Ces.Coll.

Limestone head of a figure in profile, facing left, with ridged hair and a carved ear, on a dark wooden stand.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0442. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head in left profile, set on a dark cylindrical wooden base with a thin rod supporting the neck. The face has a straight nose, a narrow eye and a rounded chin, and the hair is shown as a textured mass with a band of fine ridges along the forehead and a carved ear. The stone surface is pitted and the neck is broken off at the bottom; a number label is painted on the base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone. Cypro-Greek I. Ces.Coll.

Swedish, as on the record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Ces.Coll.