Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn0452·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I, Ces.Coll.

Limestone head with a curled beard in profile, facing left, wearing a tall headdress
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0452. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The carved limestone head is shown in profile, facing left, with a tall flat-topped headdress marked by horizontal incised lines. Rows of rounded curls form the beard and hair, and a band of curls crosses the forehead above a visible ear; a diagonal crack runs across the right side. It stands on a dark cylindrical stand with a number label 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.