Object photograph·C05906·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I

Terracotta statue of a standing figure with a cylindrical body, short arms and a rounded head — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05906. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta statue of a standing figure, shown frontally against a light cloth backdrop. The head has a flat-topped crown, a broad face with eyes, nose and mouth, and small ears, set on a neck. The arms are short and held at the sides with clenched hands, and the body is a tall, smooth cylinder with a rounded base. Fine cracks run across the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I.

Swedish, as on the record

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