Object photograph·C04073g·1927–1931

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Two photographs of a stone seal: a scarab-shaped back above and an engraved oval base below, mounted on grey card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04073g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two photographs are mounted on a grey card. The upper one shows a scarab-shaped seal with segmented wing-case grooves and a rounded head end. The lower one shows the flat oval base with a shallow engraved design of a figure and animal-like forms, set on a blue-tinted print backing.

English, translated from the Swedish record

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Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic