Object photograph·Csn3847·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Stone head sculpture with curled hair and a raised band across the crown, shown front-on, nose broken away. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3847. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head shown front-on against a pale background, its neck broken off roughly at the base. The eyes are deep-set, the mouth is small and the nose is broken away, and the hair is set in tight curls with a raised band across the crown. A scale bar and a number label sit in front of the base of the head.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.