Object photograph·C05944·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII), A.I. 2435

Terracotta head of a man from Ayia Irini, wearing a cap decorated with rows of circular impressions — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05944. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A head with a large straight nose, narrow eyes, a slight closed-lip smile and a visible ear, shown in three-quarter view. The head wears a rounded cap covered with rows of small circular impressions, and the neck ends in a broken, flat base. It is photographed against a plain pale background with no scale or label visible.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII), A.I. 2435.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ajia Irini VII), A.I. 2435.

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