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Object photograph·C09108·1927–1931

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote head of a bearded figure wearing a flat cap, shown on a dark stand
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09108. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bearded head with a broad, flat cap, heavy-lidded eyes and a strong nose, shown in three-quarter view on a dark round stand. The beard is carved with deep vertical grooves, and the cap sits above a rounded ear. The pale, pitted surface is worn in places, and a broken section projects at the lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Neo-Cypriote.