Object photograph·C04545·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II (A.I. 1727)

Terracotta statue of a bearded standing man in a close-fitting cap, forearms broken off, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04545. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large standing figure of a bearded man in a close-fitting cap, with a wide-necked garment over the shoulders and a long, plain skirt-like robe with a banded hem. The forearms are broken off at the elbows and the surface is cracked and worn. The figure stands on a rectangular base and is photographed frontally against a pale draped cloth.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, A.I. 1727.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, A.I. 1727.

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