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Object photograph·C05907·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote I

Terracotta figure in side profile with a long nose, pointed beard and flat-topped head
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05907. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large terracotta figure is shown in side profile against a plain pale background. The face has a long nose, a pointed beard along the jaw and a modelled ear, and the head has a flat, squared top. A small hole is pierced through the arm, and the lower body is cut off by 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.