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Object photograph·C04074a·1927–1931

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Dark stone scarab photographed on a card mount, with a handwritten number above it.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04074a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small photograph mounted on a cream card shows a dark, glossy stone scarab seen from the side, with a rounded domed back and a flatter underside. Pale streaks run across the surface and a small pale blue patch sits near the centre. A handwritten number appears above the photo, and a small printed label is at the lower right edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

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Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic