Object photograph·C05369e·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, sculpture (A.9.8+9+70)

Painted terracotta object from Amathus with a head-like projection, shown on a stand — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05369e. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A painted terracotta object seen from the side, with a rounded head-like projection on the left and a rectangular body. The body is decorated with dark bands and rows of pale triangles, and part of the outline is broken away at the right. Two flat disc-shaped supports, one above and one below, hold it on a vertical rod against a plain light background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, A.9.8+9+70.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals. A.9.8+9+70.

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