Object photograph·C04521·1927–1931

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote (A.I. 838)

Terracotta head of a figure with a tall flat-topped headdress and fringe of curls, face with broad nose and downcast eyes. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04521. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head shown frontally against a plain light background, with a broken base at the neck. The tall headdress rises to a broken top and has a row of rounded incised locks across the forehead. The face has a straight nose, full lips, and heavy-lidded eyes, and the ears are partly broken away on the sides.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote, A.I. 838.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Neo-Cypriote, A.I. 838.

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