Object photograph·C05763·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, statuette (A.J.1943)

Terracotta figurine of a standing figure with a tall conical headdress, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05763. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small terracotta figurine stands upright, shown frontally against a plain grey backdrop. It has a tall, pointed cone-shaped head covering, a narrow face with a prominent nose, and arms held close to the body with horizontal bands on the forearms. The body shows a V-shaped band at the neckline and vertical stripes down the front, and it ends in a flared flat base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.1943.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.1943.

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