Object photograph·Csn3802·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, CES Coll 1309 PL XVIII 45%

Carved stone head of a bearded man with short curly hair, shown on a dark cylindrical base. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3802. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head of a man with short, curled hair framing the forehead, a short beard and heavy-lidded eyes. The surface is weathered and pitted, and the nose and cheeks are worn. It stands on a dark cylindrical base against a plain grey backdrop, with handwritten and printed labels along the lower edge of the print.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, CES Coll 1309 PL XVIII 45%.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur, CES Coll 1309 PL XVIII 45%.