Object photograph·C00135·1927–1931

Bronze Age gold and silver (L.403.3)

Torn, crumpled thin metal sheet with an embossed face and rows of ridges, Bronze Age gold and silver — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00135. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several torn, crumpled fragments of thin metal sheet lie on a black background. The largest piece carries an embossed face, with eyes, nose and mouth pressed into the surface, and rows of parallel ridges above it. Further ridged bands run down the right side, and the edges are creased, cracked and partly lost.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Age Gold and Silver. L.403.3. Probably from Lapithos.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Age Gold and Silver. L.403.3. Antagligen från Lapithos.

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