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Object photograph·C06059·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II, a head of a figure wearing a helmet, shown in three-quarter view
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06059. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head wearing a helmet with a small knob on top and a dark band at the brow. The face has a heavy-lidded eye, a moustache, a large ear in relief and a long, projecting chin. The surface is cracked and patched with lighter and darker areas, and the neck is cut off at the bottom of the frame against a plain light background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

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