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Object photograph·C05627a·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3

Terracotta standing figure in profile, wearing a tall conical cap, with one arm bent across the body
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05627a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The figure is shown in side profile against a plain grey background, standing upright on a flared base. It has a long, pointed nose, a rounded ear with a disc-shaped ornament, and a narrow neck above a cylindrical body. Cracks run across the surface where the fragments have been joined.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3.