Object photograph·Csn1077·1927–1931

Terracotta, H.C.C.543

Ink drawing of a terracotta object with a head at the top, checkerboard diamond panels on the body and a fish-like motif at the base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1077. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Pen-and-ink drawing of a tall terracotta object with a head at the top, two round eyes, a projecting ear or horn on one side and a banded mouth. The body is filled with diamond-shaped panels of checkerboard and cross-hatched pattern, bordered by zigzags, and the base bears an incised fish-like motif. A handwritten number label sits at the top left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta, H.C.C.543.

Swedish, as on the record

Terracotta, H.C.C.543