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Object photograph·C02698a·1927–1931

Iron knife from Marion Tombs 6 A and 6 B (M. 06a,2; 6b: 40)

Corroded iron knife blade from Marion Tombs 6 A and 6 B, shown on a mounted card.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02698a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long, narrow iron blade lies upright across a pale card mount. Its surface is heavily corroded, crusty and pitted, with raised lumps along one edge, and it tapers slightly toward a squared upper end while the lower end is broken and uneven. A handwritten number label sits below the object, and a faint pencil curve is visible at the upper left of the card.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Two corroded iron knife blades from Marion, Tombs 6 A and 6 B, lying side by side on a plain grey background.
  • Iron knife blade from Marion, Tombs 6 A and 6 B, broken into several corroded fragments.
Description, scan 2
Two long, narrow iron objects lie vertically on a plain grey background. The left one is a near-complete blade with a corroded, pitted surface and a broken, uneven top end. The right one is broken into several fragments that are stacked and partly overlapping, with the lowest piece the longest and widest.
Description, scan 3
A long, narrow iron blade stands upright against a pale background, its tip at the top, with a rough, pitted, corroded surface. Its lower end has broken away into several smaller fragments set in a line below, with gaps between the pieces. A handwritten number is written in the lower right, and the print sits on a cream card mount.

English, translated from the original record

Iron knife from Marion, Tomb 6 A (M.6a,2) and Tomb 6 B (6b: 40).

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