Object photograph·Csn3295·1927–1931

Idols. Vonous

Flat terracotta idol from Vonous with a loop at the top, chevron and spiral patterns, and comb-like lines along the base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3295. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A flat, dark object photographed against a pale background, with a rounded loop at the top and a long neck that widens into a rectangular body. The neck carries an incised chevron pattern and small dots, while the body has rows of spirals and horizontal lines above a lower edge of many fine parallel vertical lines. The photograph is a halftone reproduction with a thin border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Idols. Vonous.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Idoler. Vonous