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Object photograph·Csn0493·1927–1931

Limestone Neo-Cypriote

Limestone sculpture of a head in profile, with a tall headdress and a carved band of beads and notches across the brow
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0493. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone sculpture of a head and upper body, shown in profile facing left against a dark grey backdrop. The headdress rises to a raised knob at the back and has a row of rounded beads and notched blocks along its front edge. The eye, lips and chin are carved in low relief, and the stone surface is weathered and chipped in places.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

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