Object photograph·Csn3827·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Head of a statue in stone, shown frontally on a base with a scale bar. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3827. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved head of a statue, shown frontally on a rectangular block base. The hair is rendered as rows of curled locks across the brow and temple, the eyes are deep-set, and the mouth is full. The surface of the cheeks and chin is rough and pitted. A scale bar and a number label are placed on the base below the chin against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.