Cypriot Limestone Sculpture
Cypro-Archaic II (600-475 BC) Style II. Height 24cm, length 23cm, width 19cm.
A sculpture of a bearded male head wearing a headdress decorated with three rosettes: one at the front and one above each ear. The head is roughly square in shape, with a flat, roughly worked back.The face has a strongly projecting chin, a very small mouth with thin, prominent lips, and a short distance between the upper lip and nose. The eyebrows are arched, and the large semicircular eyes are slightly bulging with clearly sculpted eyelids. The ears are relatively flat, and the beard is indicated by an incised line. It is made of hard, light-coloured limestone.
The location and find date of the object is not recorded. It has been suggested that it was probably from the south-east part of the island, possibly Arsos.
The sculpture was given as a gift by L.Z. Pierides in 1930. It now forms part of the Cyprus Collection at the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (Inv. No.: MM Acc 0226) alongside objects from the SCE.