Object photograph·C04079l·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2311)

Small mottled stone object from Ayia Irini, catalogued as a glyptic find — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04079l. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small, roughly rounded stone object with a dark and light mottled surface fills most of the frame, mounted on a pale card. Its outline is irregular, with a rounded top and a flatter lower edge. No engraved design or scarab form is clearly visible, and the print is soft and high in contrast.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2311.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2311

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