Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn1076·1927–1931

Terracotta

Tall flat terracotta object with a hole near the rounded top and dark painted zigzag and triangle patterns
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1076. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall, flat object with a rounded top and a single hole pierced just below it, photographed upright against a pale background. Its surface is decorated with dark painted bands of zigzags and triangles, a cross-hatched band, and a curved line near the base. A diagonal crack runs across the middle, and the lower edge is damaged.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta.

Swedish, as on the record

Terracotta