Object photograph·fol. 40r

Corroded metal blades and fittings on a shelf

Corroded metal blades, a curved bit-like piece and a disc with a raised face, laid out on a cloth-covered shelf. — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 40r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Several long, heavily corroded metal blades lie in rows across a dark cloth-covered shelf, one ending in a cross-shaped hilt. Behind them stand curved loop-shaped pieces and a round disc with a face in low relief. The photograph is mounted within a cream album page with a decorative border at the left.

English

Corroded metal blades and fittings on a shelf: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 40r.