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Object photograph·So267a·1927–1931

Marble Sculpture

Carved marble sculpture fragment with deep drapery folds and a broken edge at the right end
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, So267a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved fragment of pale stone, photographed against a dark background on a dark surface. Its face shows parallel vertical and wavy folds of drapery, with a diagonal band of pleats crossing the centre and a rounded projection at the lower left. The broken edge at the right end has been filled with white material, and a number label appears in the lower right corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Marble Sculpture.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Marble Sculpture.