Object photograph·C00446·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3 (A.J.174)

Standing terracotta figurine with a tall cylindrical head, pinched nose and arms held close to the body, seen from the front. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00446. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta figurine of a standing human figure, shown frontally against a plain grey ground. It has a tall, tapering cylindrical head, a pinched nose and small ears, and short arms held close to a narrow body. A thin incised line runs around the figure at the waist, and it ends in a flat, rounded base; the surface is pale grey with darker mottled patches.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.174.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.174.

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