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Object photograph·C02637·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Profile photograph of a terracotta figure of a standing human figure with a tall cap, facing left, one arm bent.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02637. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph in side view of a standing human figure modelled in pale terracotta, facing left with a pointed nose, large ear and a tall flat-topped cap. The bent arm has bands around the sleeve, the hand hangs at the front, and a belt encircles the waist. The lower body runs off the bottom of the frame against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.