Object photograph·C00655a·1927–1931

Gold treasure bracelet V. 292, shaped like a snake, before cleaning

Ring-shaped bracelet ending in a snake's head, photographed before cleaning and mounted on a card beside an ink drawing of a ring. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00655a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph of an open ring-shaped bracelet with a snake's head at one end, with scale-like marks incised on the neck and a small hole behind the head. The ends meet at the bottom with a small gap, and the surface looks pitted and encrusted. The print is pasted on a cream card, with an ink drawing of a ring at the left edge and handwritten labels below.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Silver. Vol. IV:2 Guldskatten (The gold treasure). V. 292, one of the bracelets, this one shaped like a snake, before cleaning.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Silver. Vol. IV:2 Guldskatten. V. 292, ett av armbanden, denna formad som en orm, innan rensningen.

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