Object photograph·C00194·1927–1931

Bronze Age Gold and Silver, plaque (L.417.1)

Embossed metal plaque showing a figure with bent arms, from Lapithos, Kastros tombs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00194. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A thin rectangular plaque with folded, creased edges, photographed straight on against a dark background. A human figure is embossed on it: a head with horizontal ridges across the top, a nose and mouth, bent arms at the sides, and a narrow body standing on a base. Below the figure is a rounded, flower-like motif with a central knob, and fine wrinkles run across the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Age Gold and Silver, L.417.1.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Age Gold and Silver. L.417.1

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