Object photograph·C05006·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I, Mersinaki I-II (Me. 0767, etc.)

Terracotta bust of a smiling figure with closed eyes and a wreath, arms broken away, from Mersinaki — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05006. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bust of a figure with closed eyes, a faint smile and a wreath with rounded knobs in the hair, set on a plain cylindrical base. Both arms are broken away, leaving stumps and a hollow on the right side, and a drape crosses the chest. The clay surface is pale grey in the photograph, shown against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I, Mersinaki I-II, Me. 0767, etc.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracota Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II, Me. 0767, etc..

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