Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn3883·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Female head sculpture in profile facing left, with wavy hair gathered at the back of the head, on a square stand.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3883. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved head of a young woman, shown in profile facing left against a black background. The hair is arranged in wavy locks and curls swept back over the crown and gathered at the back of the head. The neck is a plain cylinder resting on a square stand, with a handwritten word in dark ink on the neck and a small white number label on the stand.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.