Object photograph·C04519b·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3 (A.J.1367)

Terracotta figurine of a standing human figure with a cylindrical body and broken-off arms, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04519b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small grey terracotta figure of a human, shown upright against a plain grey backdrop. It has a rounded head with a cap-like top, side projections that may be hair or ears, a broad nose and a small mouth. The shoulders are stubby and the arms are broken off, and the body narrows into a cylindrical column that flares out to a wide base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.1367.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.1367.

More from Ayia Irini-Palaeokastro