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Object photograph·C04040b·1927–1931

Glyptic

Round object with a raised domed centre and several rounded lobes around it, photographed on a glass slide, labelled glyptic
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04040b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A circular object with a large smooth domed centre and several raised, rounded lobes around its edge, shown against a dark granular ground. The surface is pitted and the image is soft, with the round field set on a pale glass mount with blue-tinted edges and scratches.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic