| Object Number | MS160 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cypriot |
| Provenience | Cyprus | Idalion |
| Date Made | 550-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Human Head |
| Description | Human head, probably male, broken off at neck. Surface at top of head flat and rough. Gash at lower left back; left ear missing. A crown of leaves projects from head. Below the crown is a row of egg-shaped locks of hair; around forehead is a row of snail-shaped curls. Face is broad with wide-open alomond-shaped eyes. Nose is straight and spreads at nostrils. Lips are tightly pursed. In back hair is arrange in layers of curls. Back of neck is flat. Traces of red on hair an lips. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Width | 11.7 cm |
| Thickness | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, 1895 |
| Other Number | 259 - Collector Number |
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