Object photograph·C05904·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, 55 G

Terracotta statue of a standing figure with a conical cap and short outstretched arms, Proto-Cypriote I — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05904. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall terracotta figure stands upright with a pointed conical cap, a long face with large eyes, and broad shoulders. Short arms hang at the sides, and a band runs across the waist above a long, tapering body. Two feet show in an opening at the bottom, and the figure is photographed against draped pale cloth with fine cracks across the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, 55 G.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I, 55 G.