Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn3803·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Carved stone male head in profile, with a band across the hair, mounted on a black stand.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3803. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone head shown in left profile, with a rough, weathered surface and a broad band or fillet across the top of the head. The hair is carved in wavy strands above the band, and the nose and chin are damaged or worn. The head sits on a dark cylindrical stand with a thin metal rod support against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.