Object photograph·Csn0572·1927–1931

Statue in a vault, Cyprus Museum

Statues and small figurines displayed on a curved plinth inside an arched recess, Cyprus Museum — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0572. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking through a tall arched opening, a curved display plinth holds a crowd of small figurines in front of several larger standing statues. Carved capitals with scroll-shaped volutes top the pillars on either side of the arch, and the pale walls and floor of the room are empty of visitors.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Statue in a vault, find from Cyprus, Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Cypern, Cyprus Museum.