Object photograph·C03308a·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I

Terracotta head and upper body with a cracked face, a narrow slit eye, and a band of small round impressions on the chin — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03308a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head and shoulders photographed against a pale background. A long crack runs from the top of the head down across the face, one eye is a narrow slit and the other a raised oval, and the nose is a small hollow. The lower face and chin are covered with a band of small round impressions, and the ears are modelled in relief.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I.

Swedish, as on the record

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