Object photograph·Csn3764·1927–1931

Roman sculpture

Marble head of a youth with a wreath of curled hair, mounted on a dark stand — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3764. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved head with a smooth, rounded face, deep-set eyes with heavy lids, a straight nose and a small mouth, shown frontally. The hair is arranged in tight curls and a band of leaves or wreath across the top of the head. The head sits on a metal support above a dark cylindrical base, and a number is painted on the base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Romersk skulptur.