Object photograph·Csn0489·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote

Limestone bust of a figure with both hands raised to a pipe-like instrument at the mouth — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0489. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone bust with a rough, pitted surface, showing a figure with downcast eyes and hair falling to the shoulders. Both hands are raised to the mouth, holding a long pipe-like instrument with a forked lower end. The bust is photographed against a dark grey backdrop and stands on a dark plinth bearing a number label and a printed museum label.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Neo-Cypriote.