Object photograph·C06092·1927–1931

Limestone Cypro-Egyptian, statuette (A.I. 1063)

Limestone statuette of a standing figure with one arm raised to the chest, from Ayia Irini, photographed alone — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06092. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The weathered limestone figure stands upright and is shown slightly turned, with a broad head, one arm bent up toward the chest and the other hanging straight down at the side. The face is worn away and the body narrows into a block-like base with faint marks along its lower part. It is photographed alone against a plain pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Limestone Cypro-Egyptian, A.I. 1063.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Limestone Cypro-Egyptian, A.I. 1063.

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