Object photograph·Csn3747·1927–1931

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I, Mersinaki I-II (A.229)

Terracotta head with painted eyes and brows, from Mersinaki, with a band of circular ornament across the top. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3747. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A terracotta head with a broken top and right side, showing painted arched brows and eyes, a small mouth, a long nose and a projecting ear on the left. A band of circular ornaments runs across the top of the head. The head stands on a dark base with a number label, and the print is mounted on a card with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II, British Museum, A.229; Marion C.9I Csn3747.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracota Cypro-Greek I Mersinaki I-II, British Museum, A.229;Marion C.9I Csn3747.

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