Object photograph·Csn0474·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II

Limestone head from Mersinaki with carved, ridged hair and a broken nose. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0474. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head shown in three-quarter view against a plain background. The hair is rendered as rows of ridged, wavy locks swept back over the top of the head and above an ear at the left. The face on the right is worn, with the nose broken away to leave a dark hollow, and the neck and lower part fade out at the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

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