Object photograph·C06103b·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, statuette (A.J.259)

Terracotta figurine of a standing human figure with arms at its sides, front view, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06103b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small terracotta figurine of a standing figure, shown frontally against a plain grey background. It has a flat, disc-like top to the head, a pronounced pinched nose, one ear in profile, and short arms hanging close to a narrow cylindrical body. The body widens into a flaring base, and the pale surface is pitted with small dark inclusions.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.259.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.259.

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