Object photograph·C05369f·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, statuette (A.9.7)

Terracotta figurine of a four-legged animal with a small human figure whose arm reaches over its neck — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05369f. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale, handmade-looking terracotta figurine shown against a plain grey backdrop. The four-legged animal, with a long neck and head at the left, is joined to a small human figure at the right, which wears a pointed cap and has one arm stretched across the animal's neck. The surface is worn and there are visible cracks and small pits in the clay.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals, A.9.7.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals. A.9.7.

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