Object photograph·C05626·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I (A.I. 2324+2344)

Terracotta bust from Ayia Irini with one arm broken short and the other bent up to the chest
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05626. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta bust with a rounded head, a pinched nose and a short neck with a crack across it. The arm on the left of the picture is broken off short at the shoulder, while the arm on the right is bent with the hand raised to the upper chest. The lower edge of the torso has a row of notched projections, and the pitted surface is worn against a plain light backdrop with a number label at lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 2324+2344. S.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, A.I. 2324+2344. S.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)