Object photograph·C03466·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I (A.I. 2106+2103)

Terracotta statue from Ayia Irini with a tall conical headdress, large eyes and a long beard, seen from the chest up — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03466. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Close view of a terracotta statue of a bearded figure, shown from the chest up. It wears a tall conical headdress, has large eyes, a pointed nose, a small mouth and a long beard, and one ear is visible. Cracks and mended joins run across the head and shoulders, against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 2106+2103. C. M.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 2106+2103. C. M.

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