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Object photograph·C03299·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Terracotta head and bust of a bearded figure in a tall cap, Proto-Cypriote II
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03299. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head and upper bust with a bearded face, shown frontally against a plain grey background. The figure wears a tall, cap-like headdress with horizontal bands, has large almond-shaped eyes, a small mouth and ear loops, and a long beard of parallel incised lines. Fine cracks run across the surface and the neck area is broken.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

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