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Object photograph·Csn3796·1927–1931

Roman sculpture (B.3420)

Stone head in profile facing right, with short hair and an ear, on a square stand beside a scale bar and number label
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3796. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head is shown in side profile facing right, with short, textured hair, a rounded ear and a rough, flat break at the base of the neck. It stands on a square pale pedestal, held up on a thin metal rod, with a scale bar and a small number card on the front. The photograph is mounted on a pale card with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Roman sculpture, B.3420.

Swedish, as on the record

Romersk skulptur, B.3420.