Object photograph·C04040·1927–1931

Glyptic

Close view of an oval seal or gem with incised lines, shown on a mounted photograph — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04040. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large oval object fills most of the frame, its surface marked with several deep parallel grooves running diagonally across the upper half and fine crosshatched lines below. The edges of the object are rounded and softly shaded, and the print is set on a pale card with a bluish tint and damaged, flaking corners. The image is soft and out of focus, so fine detail is hard to read.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic