Object photograph·Csn3874·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, INV. Nr. 617

Marble head of a young woman with hair drawn back in waves and a bun, eyes hollow, nose broken. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3874. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head and upper neck carved in pale stone, shown against a black background and on a plain white base. The hair is combed back in layered waves and a knot at the crown, and the eyes are hollow where the inlay or pupils are missing. The nose and parts of the surface are worn and chipped, and the bust is cut off flat at the shoulders.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, INV. Nr. 617. Neg. NR Dia 1169.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur, INV. Nr. 617. Neg. NR Dia 1169.