Object photograph·G2237·1927–1931

Sarcophagi, Cyprus

Front of a carved stone sarcophagus with garlands, two carved faces and small figures, standing on dirt before a stone wall — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, G2237. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long stone container with a moulded top edge stands on a dirt ground, its front carved in low relief with swags of bunched leaves and fruit, two carved faces and small nude figures between them. Two short cylindrical stone pieces lie beneath the base, and the shadow of a palm frond falls across the ground in front. Behind it rises a wall of rectangular blocks, and a number label sits in the lower right corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Sarcophagi, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Sarkofager Cypern.