Object photograph·C00002a·1927–1931

Bronze Personal Adornments drawing (I. 1379)

Drawing of a long bronze pin with swollen ends, from Lapithos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00002a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Ink drawing of a long, thin, rod-like object with a rounded knob at the top and a swollen, teardrop-shaped end at the bottom, shaded with stippled dark tone. It runs vertically and fills most of a tall pale sheet with a thin border line. Faint handwriting shows at the top edge, and a short code appears in the bottom corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The drawing is probably in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia. The object may have been found in tomb 314, in a dromos. Probably from Lapithos.

Swedish, as on the record

Ritningen finns antagligen på Cyprus museum, Nicosia. Föremålet kan ha hittats i grav 314, i en dromos. Antagligen från Lapithos.

Type: Object photograph
Number: C00002a
Date: 1927–1931 (not dated individually: the span of the collection)
Find context: 1927 (Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba (necropolis, Tombs 301-323): 29 September to 26 November 1927)
Sites: Idalion, Lapithos
Excavations: Lapithos: the Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Idalion: the Swedish Cyprus Expedition (probably)
Tombs: Lapithos-Vrysi tou Barba, SCE Tomb 312, Lapithos-Vrysi tou Barba, SCE Tomb 314
Object now at: Cyprus Museum
Holder's label: The illustration can probably be found at the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia. The object might be from tomb 312, in Lapithos, in a dromos. Föremålet kan ha hittats i grav 314, i en dromos. Antagligen från Lapithos.
Materials: glass negative, black-and-white print
Keywords: figure, drawing, drawing
Held by: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Licence: Public domain (CC0) (our English text: CC BY 4.0)

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)