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Object photograph·Csn3885·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture (B.3378)

Stone head of a figure in right profile, with rows of deep curls and leaf-like locks over the crown; Hellenistic and Roman sculpture
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3885. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with a short neck, shown in right profile, its hair arranged in rows of deep curls at the sides and flat, leaf-like locks rising over the crown. The head stands on a square plinth with a scale bar and a number label on its front. The plain grey backdrop and the card mount with handwriting along the bottom edge are visible around it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, B.3378.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur, B.3378.