Field photograph·C01823·1929–30

Square L 9-10 at Ayia Irini

Clay figurines and a bird-shaped object lying together in the soil at Ayia Irini, Square L 9-10. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01823. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Numerous small figurines of human form lie crowded together in dark soil, several with heads broken or missing and some with arms held out. A bird-shaped object with a long beak rests on a lump of earth at the top, and a small bowl-like vessel sits among the figures. A large weathered stone block fills the left background.

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Description, scan 2: A dense group of small clay figurines lies in the soil, most of them standing human figures with rounded heads, some with conical caps and some with raised arms. A small cup-shaped vessel with a ring handle sits among them at centre, and a large cylindrical object rises behind the group at left. An elongated piece with a pointed, beak-like end lies on a stone at upper right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Square L 9-10. Ayia Irini.

Swedish, as on the record

Ruta L 9-10. Ajia Irini. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen