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Object photograph·C04319d·1927–1931

Bronze Personal Adornments (A. 011:072b)

Two mounted photographs of elongated, tapering bronze objects from Amathus Tomb 2-26
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04319d. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two separate photographs of elongated, tapering objects with a pitted, dark grey surface, pasted on a pale grey card against a cream background. The upper object is slightly wider at the left end and the lower one has a faint crack or join along its top edge. Both are shown horizontally, with a small handwritten mark at the bottom edge of the card.

Other scans of this record (4)

  • Two elongated bronze objects from Amathus, tapering at both ends, photographed on grey card
  • Cross-shaped card of photographs of slender tapered objects and a small ring with a hole, from Amathus tombs
  • Bronze personal adornments from Amathus: a short tube-like piece and a small ring-shaped loop on a mounted card
  • Two elongated, tapering bronze-coloured fragments from Amathus, shown as a print on a grey card mount
Description, scan 2
Two elongated grey objects, each tapering towards its ends, lie one above the other on a pale grey card. The upper piece is wider at the middle, and the lower one has a thin, angled edge along its underside. Their surfaces are mottled with darker speckles and small pits, and faint scratches cross the print, which sits on a cream mount.
Description, scan 3
Several separate photographs of small objects are arranged in a cross shape on a light card mount. Six slender, tapered objects lie in pairs and singly across the arms of the cross, and at the bottom a short cylinder sits beside a small ring with a central hole. Two dark number labels are placed among the photographs.
Description, scan 4
A photograph of two small objects on a pale card mount. On the left is a short tube-like piece with a ragged, broken edge at its right end; on the right is a ring-shaped loop with a round central hole and an uneven, worn surface. Handwriting is visible on the card below the photograph.
Description, scan 5
Two elongated, tapering objects lie side by side on a pale grey card mount, with the print set inside a cream surround. The upper object is shorter and has a dark, worn edge at its wider end, while the lower one is longer with a rounded end. Both have a rough, mottled surface and the image is soft-focused.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26. Bronze Personal Adornments, A.11.72b.

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)