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 2026-08-16 statuette, skulptur, statyett Rådata 3207446 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet SMVK-MM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3207446 A.I. 0930+0947 Large statuette with hollow body, oval in section. Upper and lower body separately made. Upper part of lower body truncated for attachment. Back-hole on upper body. Right arm bent across breast. Right hand holds small animal, buck or lamb, close to body. Concave neck. Oval head with rather narrow, rounded chin. Incised mouth with full lips. Thin nose with up-turned tip and incised nostrils. Semi-lunar eyes with lids in low relief. Feathered eyebrows. Ears with earrings. Hair falling in compact mass with curved sides on back of head. Head covered with conical helmet with uplifted cheek-pieces and top bent back. Dressed in chiton with short sleeves. Vertical folds at waist. Bare legs. Feet joined by small base. Modelled toes. Traces of red colour on legs. Black on left foot. Light-brown clay. A.I. 0930+0947, SCE 1929-1930., Sample taken by Gloria Ikosi 1992-03-05. Re-mark lower body more visibly. A.I. 0930 is upper body, A.I. 0947 is lower body. Face. Needs support. Masoud? Specialmontering., Left arm missing. Back, face breast and upper left body partly reconstructed. Mended from many fragments., Upper body: H. 33.2 cm, lower body: H. 48 cm (statue is made in two separate parts)., - SCE II, 701, 702., Sanctuary. K 10 (upper body) + K 11 (lower body). Level 99.2 + 99.8., Cypern genom tiderna, Cyprus, Exhibition; showcase 10:08:02., Agia Irini, Ayia Irini, Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1935). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 2, Törnkvist, Sylvia (1972) "Arms, Armour and Dress of the Terracotta Sculpture from Ajia Irini, Cyprus" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 6 (1972) p. 7-55. Brukad C.A. I-II. (700-475 BC) Funnen Europa, Cypern, Ajia Irini image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4032526/A.I.+0930%2B0947%284%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4032525/A.I.+0930%2B0947%284%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4032531/A.I.+0930%2B0947%283%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4032530/A.I.+0930%2B0947%283%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4032536/A.I.+0930%2B0947%282%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4032535/A.I.+0930%2B0947%282%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4032541/A.I.+0930%2B0947%281%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4032540/A.I.+0930%2B0947%281%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4032546/A.I.+0930%2B0947%285%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4032545/A.I.+0930%2B0947%285%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/5105097 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953672 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/3207446 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3207446 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3207446
Description
Large statuette with hollow body, oval in section. Upper and lower body separately made. Upper part of lower body truncated for attachment. Back-hole on upper body. Right arm bent across breast. Right hand holds small animal, buck or lamb, close to body. Concave neck. Oval head with rather narrow, rounded chin. Incised mouth with full lips. Thin nose with up-turned tip and incised nostrils. Semi-lunar eyes with lids in low relief. Feathered eyebrows. Ears with earrings. Hair falling in compact mass with curved sides on back of head. Head covered with conical helmet with uplifted cheek-pieces and top bent back. Dressed in chiton with short sleeves. Vertical folds at waist. Bare legs. Feet joined by small base. Modelled toes. Traces of red colour on legs. Black on left foot. Light-brown clay.
Inventory number
Acquisition
Comments
Sample taken by Gloria Ikosi 1992-03-05. Re-mark lower body more visibly. A.I. 0930 is upper body, A.I. 0947 is lower body. Face. Needs support. Masoud? Specialmontering.
Condition
Left arm missing. Back, face breast and upper left body partly reconstructed. Mended from many fragments.
Dimensions
Upper body: H. 33.2 cm, lower body: H. 48 cm (statue is made in two separate parts).
Publications
- SCE II, 701, 702.
Context
Sanctuary. K 10 (upper body) + K 11 (lower body). Level 99.2 + 99.8.
Utställning / ingår i
Cypern genom tiderna
Country / Findspot
Cyprus
Exhibition, Part of / Current
Exhibition; showcase 10:08:02.
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
Törnkvist, Sylvia (1972) "Arms, Armour and Dress of the Terracotta Sculpture from Ajia Irini, Cyprus" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 6 (1972) p. 7-55.
Material, engelska
Clay
Pottery
Terracotta
Earthenware
Material
Terrakotta
Keramik
Lera
Object
statuette
Object, Swedish
skulptur
statyett
Förvärvad
Brukad
Funnen
Europa
Cypern
Ajia Irini
Kaneberg, Ove
Statens museer för världskultur