Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C03330·1927–1931

Cyprus Museum jewellery

Upright ornamented object: a dark cylindrical shaft topped by a scale-patterned knob and two bird figures
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03330. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall, slender object photographed upright against a plain pale background. A smooth dark cylindrical shaft rises to a rounded knob covered in overlapping scale-like pattern, with a thin ring at the join. Two birds with hooked beaks and folded wings stand side by side on top of the knob.

English, translated from the original record

Jewellery from the Cyprus Museum, showing a pattern and a pillar.