Object photograph·fol. 34r

Corroded metal disks, stands and small objects

Rows of corroded metal disks, stands, a small figure and boxes laid out on a dark board — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 34r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Corroded metal objects are arranged in three rows on a dark board within a cream mount. The top row has irregular fragments, flat disks and two footed stands with bulbous shafts. The middle row has a square tray with a central disk, a small standing figure, a rod on a wooden base, a small bowl with a loop handle and a rectangular box with a paper label. The bottom row holds round flat disks, a spiked disk, a disk with triangular cut-outs and a shallow dish.

English

Corroded metal disks, stands and small objects: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 34r.