Object photograph·C05534a·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II

Terracotta head of a bearded man from Mersinaki, neck broken, standing on a wooden block — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05534a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The head is shown frontally, turned slightly toward the left of the picture, on a wooden block. It has a broad band across the forehead, a rounded cap-like top, and small rounded locks at the side above the ear. The eyes are narrow and heavy-lidded, with a long nose, moustache and full beard, and the base of the neck is broken away.

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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