Object photograph·C04516·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3 (A.J.88)

Terracotta standing figurine with arms at its sides and a broken base, photographed frontally against a plain grey background. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04516. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing human figure in unglazed grey-buff terracotta, with a tall, slightly tapering body, shoulders squared and arms held close to the sides. The head has a flat-topped cap or hair framing the face, and the base is broken away on one side. The figure is shown frontally, centred on a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.88.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.88.

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