Object photograph·Csn0384·1927–1931

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote, British Museum

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote head with incised pattern, British Museum — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0384. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A grey terracotta head and upper body with a flat-topped headdress, a knob ornament at the front and almond-shaped eyes. The neck and shoulders are covered in dense incised herringbone and cross-hatched pattern. A broken flat fragment lies at the base on the right, and handwritten marks appear on the mount below.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Neo-Cypriote, British Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild. Terracotta Neo-Cypriote, British Museum,.