Object photograph·Csn3797·1927–1931

Roman sculpture (B.3420)

Roman stone sculpture of a man's head with a damaged nose, on a block with a scale bar — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3797. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head and neck of a man with close-cropped hair, heavy brows and a broken nose, set on a dark rod above a square block. A chequered scale bar and a number label are fixed to the front of the block against a plain grey backdrop. The print is mounted on a pale card with handwritten marks along its lower edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Roman sculpture, B.3420.

Swedish, as on the record

Romersk skulptur, B.3420.