Object photograph·Csn3886·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture (1934/1512-1 B.3251)

Carved stone head of a woman with wavy hair, set on a short stand in front of a scale bar — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3886. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head of a woman with heavy-lidded eyes, a straight nose with a chipped tip and wavy hair framing the face in rows of locks. The broken base of the neck rests on a short pillar set on a pale block, with a scale bar and a number label placed in front. The photograph is mounted on a card with handwritten notes along its lower edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture, 1934/1512-1 B.3251.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur, 1934/1512-1 B.3251.