Object photograph·C05879c·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3 (J.42)

Terracotta figurine of a standing figure with arms bent at its sides, from Idalion — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05879c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small pale terracotta figurine of a standing human figure, photographed against a plain grey background. The head is large and flat-topped with a dark hollow in the upper face, and the narrow body has one arm hanging down and the other bent with the hand resting at the hip. The figure stands on a flat, slightly flared base, and dark spots mark the clay surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, J.42.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. J.42.

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