Object photograph·C00367·1927–1931

Idols (L.313.A.40)

Dark flat idol with a long neck and a raised ridge down the front, decorated with white incised bands, dots, arcs and zigzags — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00367. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A flat, rectangular idol with a long narrow neck and a raised ridge running down the front of the neck. The dark surface is decorated with white lines: horizontal bands, rows of dots, arcs across the upper body and zigzags on the lower half. It is photographed alone against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Idols. L.313.A.40

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Idoler. L.313.A.40

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