Object photograph·C04230d·1927–1931

Glyptic

Oval seal face with spiral and linear motifs around a dark central motif — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04230d. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close photograph of an oval seal or gem face, shown large, with a raised outline around its edge. Two bands with curled spiral ends sit above and below a dark central motif that has a long tapering projection on each side. The surface is light grey with a few small dark spots, and the print is mounted on a plain grey card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic