Object photograph·Csn0416·1927–1931

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II

Terracotta head with incised curled hair and a broken crown, shown on a grey cylindrical stand — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0416. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head photographed against a plain grey backdrop and set on a grey cylindrical stand. Its hair or headdress is covered with incised curling patterns, and the top of the crown is broken away. The face has half-moon eyes, a broad nose, a small closed smile and curled ears, with a crack running down the left side of the face.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Proto-Cypriote II.

Swedish, as on the record

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