Object photograph·Csn3899·1927–1931

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture

Carved stone head of a figure with curled hair and a leafy headdress, mounted on a square base. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3899. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone head with short curled hair across the forehead and leaf-like forms rising above it. The face has large almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose chipped at the tip, a small mouth and visible ears. The head rests on a neck and a plain square block base, photographed against a pale grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Hellenistisk och Romersk skulptur.