Object photograph·C03319·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, figurine (A.I. 1080)

Side view of a pale clay standing figure with a tall conical headdress and pointed beard, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03319. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The figure stands upright against a plain light background, shown in profile facing left. It has a tall, tapering conical headdress, a long pointed beard and one arm bent at the elbow with the hand held near the waist. The body is a long, narrow column that widens slightly toward the base, with cracks and small chips across the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, A.I. 1080.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, A.I. 1080.

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