Object photograph·C05535a·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II

Terracotta head of a bearded man wearing a tall conical cap with leaf-like ornament, from Mersinaki — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05535a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Frontal view of a head with a tall, tapering cap whose lower rim is decorated with a row of raised oval shapes. The face has downcast eyes, a moustache, a short beard and prominent ears, and the neck ends in a flat base. The surface looks matt and slightly rough, with small pits visible across the face and cap.

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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