Object photograph·C04503·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I (A.I. 1138)

Terracotta standing figure with a pointed cap and arms held out from the body, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04503. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing terracotta figure of a human with a tall, pointed cap and large almond-shaped eyes, photographed against a plain grey background. The figure has small ears, a long nose and a closed mouth, with arms held out from the body and fingers shown on the hands. A cylindrical lower body rests on a flat, ringed base, and a raised ornament of curved bands covers the upper chest.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 1138.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 1138.

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