Object photograph·C04540b·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3 (A.J.1571)

Terracotta figurine of a standing human figure with a large nose and arms held close to the sides, from Ayia Irini. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04540b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta figurine of a standing human figure, photographed frontally against a plain pale ground and mounted on a card with a border. The head is rounded with a large pointed nose and small flat ears, and the shoulders slope into two arms bent at the sides. The body narrows at the waist and widens into a splayed base, and the surface is pitted and worn with a crack near one ear.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.1571.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.1571.

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