Object photograph·C04922·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II

Terracotta head and upper torso of a statue, Mersinaki, with curled hair and cracks across the shoulders — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04922. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head and upper torso of a statue, turned toward the right of the picture, with parted lips and eyes set under a band of rounded curls. The shoulders and chest are cracked and pieced together, and the figure is cut off by the bottom edge of the frame. The background is a mottled, veined pattern.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracota Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II.

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