Object photograph·C01566·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, sculpture (V.279)

Terracotta figurine of a tortoise with a domed shell, four short legs and the head projecting to the left. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01566. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The small clay figurine is photographed in side view on a pale surface, showing a rounded, domed shell with four short stubby legs. The head projects to the left as a blunt rounded form, and the matte surface shows faint marks and a few dark specks. A soft shadow falls beneath the figure on the ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, V.279.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals. V.279.

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