Object photograph·Csn3749·1927–1931

Cypro-Greek II Limestone Arsos VII, Metropolitan Museum

Limestone statue of a bearded standing man wearing a leaf wreath and holding a shallow bowl, from Arsos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3749. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing, bearded male statue carved in pale limestone, shown full length against a grey backdrop on a white pedestal. He wears a wreath of leaves, has a smiling face and a full curled beard, and is dressed in a long garment with deep vertical pleats and a fringed edge over one shoulder. He holds a shallow bowl in his left hand and a small round object in his right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cypro-Greek II Limestone Arsos VII, Metropolitan Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypro-Greek II Limestone Arsos VII, Metropolitan Museum.

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