Object photograph·Csn3607·1927–1931

Limestone Minor Plastic, statuette (A.J.2197)

Limestone statuette fragment of a head with a band across the top, face worn away, shown against a grey backdrop — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3607. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small limestone figure fragment showing a head with a raised band or cap-like form across the top and sides. The face is heavily worn, with the nose and mouth area eroded, and the surface is pitted and rough. Below the head is a short, broken neck or base, photographed straight on against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Minor Plastic, A.J.2197.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Minor Plastic. A.J.2197.

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