Object photograph·Csn0495·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Egyptian

Limestone bust of a figure with a close-fitting headdress and a broad smile, Cypro-Egyptian, front view. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0495. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A limestone bust photographed from the front against a plain grey background. The figure wears a close-fitting headdress that covers the top of the head and falls to the sides beside large, flat ears. The face has heavy-lidded eyes and a broad smile, with chipping visible on the left cheek, the neck and the upper shoulders.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Egyptian.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Egyptian.