Object photograph·C05903·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I

Terracotta statue of a bearded standing man in a tall pointed cap, shown from the chest up — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05903. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta statue of a standing bearded man, shown from the chest up against a plain pale background. He wears a tall pointed cap and a ring earring, and has large almond-shaped eyes, a long nose and a short pointed beard. The surface shows cracks and repaired joins, and the lower body runs out of the bottom edge of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I.