Object photograph·Csn0478·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII), A.I. 2161

Terracotta figure from Ayia Irini: upper body with head, hollow torso and broken arms — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0478. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The upper body of a terracotta figure against a plain pale backdrop. The head has a rounded face with a long nose and a crack running down the left side, with ears set at the sides. The hollow torso has an arched opening at the front, one arm is broken short and the other ends in a hollow stump, and a blue paper tag hangs at the lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ayia Irini VII), A.I. 2161.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Cypro-Greek I (Ajia Irini VII), A.I. 2161.

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