Object photograph·C04079i·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2285)

Glyptic find: a dark stone scarab with a domed back and flat base, in a photograph — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04079i. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small dark stone object with a domed, rounded top and a flat, wide base fills the centre of the picture. Pale streaks and mottled patches run across its surface, and a notch shows on one side. The print sits on a pale card with a narrow border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2285.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2285

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