Object photograph·C04823·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I (A.I. 1059 P.707)

Terracotta figure of legs and lower body with curved relief lines on the torso; upper part broken away — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04823. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta figure shown from the front against a pale background, with its upper part broken away and leaving a rough top edge. The legs and feet are intact, with the toes modelled, and the torso bears curved raised or incised lines suggesting a garment hem or fringe. Cracks run across the surface of the clay.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 1059 P.707.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 1059 P.707.

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