Object photograph·C06070·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Terracotta head of a figurine with a tall conical headdress, large flat ears and a broken nose — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06070. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head with a tall, tapering headdress whose top is broken off, and large flat ears set out at the sides. The face has almond-shaped eyes, a chipped nose and a small mouth, and the head rises from a plain neck that is cut off by the bottom edge of the picture. The print is shown on a pale mount with a printed number label in the lower right corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

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