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Object photograph·C01479db·1927–1931

Jewellery etc., Nefertum, M.50.16e

Small dark figurine named Nefertum, with a tall headdress, standing on a flat rectangular base.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01479db. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small dark standing figure with a tall, tapering headdress, a broad face with large eyes, and arms held at the sides with the hands at the waist. The skirt below has vertical pleats, and the figure stands on a flat rectangular base. It is photographed against a plain grey background on a grey card mount.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Small standing figurine with a tall headdress, amulet named Nefertum from Marion Tomb 50
Description, scan 2
A small standing figure with a wide headdress topped by a tall element, a broad face with large eyes, and arms held close to the body. A pleated garment with a broad band at the waist covers the lower body, and the figure stands on a rectangular base against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Jewellery etc., Nefertum, M.50.16e. Marion, Tomb 50: silver hair-ring and amulets of faience.

Swedish, as on the record

Smycken m.m, Nefertum, M.50.16e

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)