Object photograph·C05635a·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII)

Terracotta bust of a smiling figure wearing a cap-like head covering and earrings, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05635a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bust of a smiling figure with half-closed eyes, a broad smile and a flat cap-like head covering, shown from the front against a plain light background. Small earrings hang at the ears, and breaks run across the face, neck and shoulders where the piece has been mended. A strip of another photograph shows in the top left corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII).

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ajia Irini VII).

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