Object photograph·C03470·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, A.I. 0904

Terracotta standing figure with a tall headdress and one arm bent across the chest, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03470. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A full-length figure of a standing human in pale terracotta, photographed against a plain grey background. It has a tall cylindrical headdress with a small knob on top, a broad face, and a wide collar across the shoulders. One arm is bent up across the chest while the other hangs at the side, and the body narrows into a long bell-shaped lower part on a flat base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, A.I. 0904. C. M.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, A.I. 0904. C. M.

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