Object photograph·G2238·1927–1931

Sarcophagi, Cyprus

Carved stone relief of a human head between garland swags and draped folds, from a sarcophagus — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, G2238. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved stone relief shows a human head with short, curled hair and a worn face, set on a flat ground. Below it, shoulders and bundled drapery or ribbon folds run to each side, and rounded garland or fruit forms fill the outer areas. A chipped horizontal moulding runs along the top edge, with a dark wall beyond it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Sarcophagi, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Sarkofager Cypern.