Object photograph·Csn3819·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Carved stone head of a youth with a cap-like headdress, shown on a block against a plain background. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3819. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone head, carved in a rounded, stylised manner, with a flat brimmed cap or head covering above short curled hair framing the forehead. The face has heavy eyelids, a small mouth and a broken, chipped surface on the cheek and nose. It stands on a light block with a scale bar and a number label placed in front of it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.