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Object photograph·C04279i·1927–1931

Iron Tools (A. 015:063)

Heavily corroded iron object, elongated, photographed on grey card, from Amathus tombs
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04279i. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A heavily corroded iron object lies horizontally on a grey card. Its surface is rough, pitted and crusted with rust, and its outline is irregular, thicker in the middle and narrowing toward the left end. A black card label with a white number is placed below it.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Corroded iron tool from Amathus, shown against a plain light background on a photo mount.
Description, scan 2
A single elongated iron object, slightly curved and wider at the left end, with a rough, crusted surface of pitting and dark corrosion patches. It lies across a plain light background, in a grey print mounted on a cream card. Handwritten marks appear along the lower edge of the card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron tools, A. 015:063, from Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Amathus T. 2-26.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)