Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn3832·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Marble head of a youth wearing a laurel-leaf wreath, shown in profile on a plinth with a scale bar.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3832. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head in profile, facing right, with a wreath of laurel-like leaves and rows of curled locks over the forehead and ear. The head is mounted on a short rod above a rectangular block base, with a scale bar and a small number label in front. The neck is broken off at the bottom and the nose and chin are intact, with a plain grey backdrop behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.