Object photograph·C09109·1927–1931

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote

Terracotta head of a bearded man with a ridged band across the forehead, on a wooden stand — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09109. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head of a bearded man, shown close up on a dark wooden cylindrical stand against a plain grey backdrop. A band of horizontal ridges runs across the top of the head, above incised brows, almond-shaped eyes, a long nose and a protruding ear on the viewer's right. The beard is marked with rows of short incised strokes, and the neck ends in a broken edge at its base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote.

Swedish, as on the record

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