Object photograph·C03318·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Terracotta statue of a standing figure with a tall conical headdress and short stub arms, shown against a plain grey background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03318. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta statue of a standing figure, photographed against a plain grey background. The figure wears a tall conical headdress with a knob at the top, has a long face with a small nose and mouth, and a horizontal incised line runs across the shoulders above a cylindrical body. The short arms are stubs with the hands indicated, and the figure stands on a flat base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

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