Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn0447·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I, Ces.Coll.

Limestone head of a bearded figure in a tall, grid-patterned helmet, shown in profile on a dark stand.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0447. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved limestone head in profile, facing right, wearing a tall helmet-like headdress with a knob on top and a finely incised grid pattern. The face has a long straight nose, a almond-shaped eye and a full beard of rounded curls, with a column of curled locks falling beside the ear. The head sits on a dark cylindrical stand against a grey backdrop, with a printed museum label at the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone. Cypro-Greek I. Ces.Coll.

Swedish, as on the record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Ces.Coll.