Object photograph·C00406a·1927–1931

Bone (L.417.6)

Bone object from the Kastros tombs at Lapithos: a long, slender rod with ridged upper end — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00406a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single long, slender bone object stands upright in a narrow print mounted on a grey card. Its upper end is narrow and marked with several transverse ridges or bands, and the shaft tapers gently towards the lower end, with a small dark mark partway down. Blue ink marks show at the lower left corner of the card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bone, L.417.6.

Swedish, as on the record

Ben, L.417.6

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