Object photograph·C04482·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3 (A.I.1399)

Terracotta figurine from Ayia Irini with painted horizontal bands on the body, standing upright. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04482. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing terracotta figurine with modelled nose and mouth and a raised crest or knob on top of the head. Dark horizontal painted bands cover the upper body and the upper part of the solid lower column, and the arms hang down from the shoulders with the hands near the hips. It is photographed frontally on a plain pale ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.I.1399.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.I.1399.

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