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Object photograph·Csn0415·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Terracotta head in profile facing left, with incised wavy hair and the top of the skull broken open.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0415. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head shown in profile, facing left, on a plain grey surface. The face has a long straight nose, a small mouth and a projecting ear, and the hair is covered in incised wavy, curled lines. The top of the head is broken open into a hollow, and the neck ends in a rough, broken base.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.