Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
C.A. I-II. (700-475 BC)
ceramics
Cyprus Gallery, 2009-
Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931)
Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
Ajia Irini - Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1929-1931)
1.3.0 2026-08-02 statue, skulptur Rådata 3206661 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet SMVK-MM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3206661 A.I. 2477+2478+2497 Statue with slightly sloping shoulders. Concave neck. Rather trapezoid head with rounded triangular chin. Smiling mouth with sharp-edged protruding lips. Full cheeks. Almond-shaped eyes with raised eyelids. Thin, curved nose. Ridged, curved eyebrows. Sloping forehead. Roughly modelled ears with double earrings. Hair falling in a compact mass with concave sides along sides of neck. Head covered by helmet. The arms (Nos. 2477 and 2478) have been added to the bust (No. 2497). Baking holes in arms, back of body and back of head. Lower part of body tubular and wheel-made. Upper part of body hand-made, built up by strips. Head added separately and inside with traces of wheel, but features of face modelled by hand. Helmet, with remains of ridged crest, added separately. Traces of red paint on arms and on face. Red-brown clay, buff-white slip. A.I. 2477+2478+2497, SCE 1929-1930., Sculpture of Cypro-Greek style. Face. Needs support., Mended. Top of helmet and part of back of head missing. Two fingers of the right hand and part of all the fingers of the left hand missing. Lower part of body reconstructed., H. 51.0 cm., MMs permanent Cyprus Exhibition 1989-2005., -SCE II, 766. - Gjerstad, E, ‘Supplementary Notes on Finds from Ajia Irini in Cyprus’, MedMusBull 3, 1963, p 25, fig 34., Sanctuary. Square F 4. Level 106.6., Cypern genom tiderna, Cypernutställningen, 1989-2004, Cyprus, Exhibition; showcase 10:08:02., Staty, terrakotta, Ajia Irini, Agia Irini, Ayia Irini, Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1935). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 2, Gjerstad, Einar (1963) "Supplementary Notes on Finds from Ajia Irini in Cyprus" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 3 (1963) p. 3-40. Brukad C.A. I-II. (700-475 BC) Funnen Europa, Cypern, Ajia Irini image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3698267/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3698268/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3698270/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3698271/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3698273/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3698274/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3698279/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3698280/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3698282/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3698283/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3919364 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3919365 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3919366 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3919367 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3919368 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953672 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3950120 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953704 https://kulturnav.org/16157368-3e27-43f9-9e5b-94f195e5345e http://libris.kb.se/bib/1169937 http://libris.kb.se/bib/3762418 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3206661 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3206661 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3206661
Description
Statue with slightly sloping shoulders. Concave neck. Rather trapezoid head with rounded triangular chin. Smiling mouth with sharp-edged protruding lips. Full cheeks. Almond-shaped eyes with raised eyelids. Thin, curved nose. Ridged, curved eyebrows. Sloping forehead. Roughly modelled ears with double earrings. Hair falling in a compact mass with concave sides along sides of neck. Head covered by helmet. The arms (Nos. 2477 and 2478) have been added to the bust (No. 2497). Baking holes in arms, back of body and back of head. Lower part of body tubular and wheel-made. Upper part of body hand-made, built up by strips. Head added separately and inside with traces of wheel, but features of face modelled by hand. Helmet, with remains of ridged crest, added separately. Traces of red paint on arms and on face. Red-brown clay, buff-white slip.
Inventory number
Acquisition
Comments
Sculpture of Cypro-Greek style. Face. Needs support.
Condition
Mended. Top of helmet and part of back of head missing. Two fingers of the right hand and part of all the fingers of the left hand missing. Lower part of body reconstructed.
Dimensions
H. 51.0 cm.
Exhibitions
MMs permanent Cyprus Exhibition 1989-2005.
Publications
-SCE II, 766. - Gjerstad, E, ‘Supplementary Notes on Finds from Ajia Irini in Cyprus’, MedMusBull 3, 1963, p 25, fig 34.
Context
Sanctuary. Square F 4. Level 106.6.
Utställning / ingår i
Cypern genom tiderna
Exhibition / Previously
Cypernutställningen, 1989-2004
Country / Findspot
Cyprus
Exhibition, Part of / Current
Exhibition; showcase 10:08:02.
Description, Swedish
Staty, terrakotta, Ajia Irini
Geographic name, alternative
Agia Irini
Ayia Irini
Referens, publicerad i
Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1935). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 2
Gjerstad, Einar (1963) "Supplementary Notes on Finds from Ajia Irini in Cyprus" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 3 (1963) p. 3-40.
Material, engelska
Earthenware
Clay
Pottery
Terracotta
Material
Lera
Terrakotta
Keramik
Height / Höjd
Object
statue
Object, Swedish
skulptur
Förvärvad
Brukad
Funnen
Europa
Cypern
Ajia Irini
Kaneberg, Ove
Statens museer för världskultur