Object photograph·C04520·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII), A.I. 2439

Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04520. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head shown in profile against a plain grey background, with the top of the skull broken away. The cap or hair is covered in small impressed dots and short incised strokes above the brow and along the hairline. The face has a large, straight nose, a small closed mouth, a rounded chin and a projecting ear on the left; the neck is cut off square below.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII), A.I. 2439.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ajia Irini VII), A.I. 2439.

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