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Object photograph·C05915·1927–1931

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote statue of a standing figure with a pointed beard and cap, one hand held against the chest.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05915. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large terracotta statue of a standing figure, shown from the front and slightly turned, with a close-fitting cap, a long pointed beard and an arm folded across the chest with the hand resting on it. Cracks and joins are visible across the surface, and the lower body is cut off by the bottom edge of the frame. The figure stands against a pale cloth backdrop with faint blue vertical lines.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Neo-Cypriote.