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Object photograph·C04554·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, a standing figure with arms bent at the elbows and a long cylindrical body
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04554. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A standing terracotta figure with a broken, flat-topped head, modelled nose, mouth and ears, and a narrow neck. Its arms are bent at the elbows with the hands held forward, and the long body tapers to a flat base. The surface is pitted with small holes, and the figure is shown frontally against a plain light background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

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