Object photograph·C00133·1927–1931

Bronze Age Gold and Silver, plaque (L.417.13)

Rectangular metal plaque with an embossed standing figure and a lobed motif below, from Lapithos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00133. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A thin rectangular metal plaque with rolled top and bottom edges, photographed against a black background. A standing human figure with a banded headdress, a pinched nose and bent arms is embossed in low relief near the top. Below it, a cluster of rounded lobed shapes, like a stylised flower, is raised on the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Age Gold and Silver, L.417.13.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Age Gold and Silver. L.417.13.

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