Object photograph·C05625·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, figurine (A.J.1276)

Terracotta figurine of a bearded figure with a cylindrical body and one raised arm, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05625. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta figurine shown frontally against a plain pale ground. It has a rounded head with incised hair and beard, large eyes and a cylindrical body; the left arm is a short stump, and the right arm is bent up to the chest, with a rod-like element running diagonally across the upper body. The surface is sandy and the neck and left arm are broken.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.1276.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.1276.

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