Object photograph·C05397b·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals (M.18.2)

Terracotta figurine of a bird in side view, head to the left and a long tapering tail to the right, worn surface — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05397b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small terracotta figurine of a bird, shown in side view with its head to the left and a long, tapering tail extending to the right. The pale, worn surface has dark spots and patches, and the underside shows broken and eroded edges. It is photographed against a plain grey backdrop, with a small fragment of another object visible at the top edge of the frame.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A small figurine of a bird in side profile, its beak pointing left and its flat, splayed tail to the right. The surface is mottled grey and dark, with a pale patch on the head and a cluster of dark speckles on the breast, and two short projections below serve as feet. A number label sits at the upper left and a short printed label lies beneath the bird, against a pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals. M.18.2

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic Animals. M.18.2