Object photograph·C01013·1927–1931

Glyptic, cylinder seal

Cylinder seal with a band of repeated engraved figures, from Idalion — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01013. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A band of engraved figures runs across the surface of a cylinder seal, shown close up in a photograph. Several tall, narrow figures stand side by side with projecting arms or limbs, set against a textured ground with a horizontal line along the base. The print is mounted on a card with a scratched, flaking border and a number label in the lower corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic

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