Object photograph·C03308·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I (A.I. 1549+1991)

Standing terracotta figure of a Proto-Cypriote type from Ayia Irini, arms at its sides, on a round base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03308. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A full-length standing figure in terracotta, pale grey-brown in colour, with arms hanging at its sides and feet set on a flat circular base. The head is rounded with large incised eyes, a pinched nose and a crack running across the face, and the body has a short tunic-like shape with some incised lines. The figure is photographed frontally against a plain light backdrop and mounted on a card with a pale border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 1549+1991. C. M.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 1549+1991. C. M.

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