Object photograph·Csn3852·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Carved stone head of a statue with short curled hair, on a white block base with a scale bar in front. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3852. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with short curled hair around the brow and ears, heavy-lidded eyes and a closed mouth. The nose is broken and the surface is pitted and worn. The head sits on a white block base, with a scale bar and a small number label in front of the base against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.