Object photograph·Csn3831·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Head of a youth in stone, with curled hair and a leafy headband, face turned towards the viewer — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3831. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head shown frontally against a plain pale background. The face has large almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and a small closed mouth, and the hair is arranged in rows of tight curls with a band of leaves or foliage across the top. The neck is broken off at the base and the surface shows some wear.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.