Object photograph·Csn3310·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, statuette (A.J.1040.4)

Terracotta statuette from Ayia Irini, head and shoulders with a tall cylindrical top and stylised face — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3310. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta statuette shown from the front, head and upper body only. The face has heavy arched brows, lowered eyes, a long pinched nose and a small mouth, with flat disc-like ears at the sides. A tall cylindrical projection rises from the top of the head, the long neck meets broken shoulders at the bottom edge, and the plain light background is unbroken.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 3, A.J.1040.4.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 3. A.J.1040.4

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