Object photograph·C04319e·1927–1931

Jewellery etc., Amathus 11 (A. 011:072a; 82a-b)

Ring-shaped find from Amathus, shown as a dark, mottled loop on a pale card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04319e. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single ring-shaped object with a dark, mottled, slightly irregular outline is centred on a pale square card. The ring is thicker on its right and lower sides, and its inner opening is light and nearly empty. The card sits on a light yellowish backing with torn corners.

Other scans of this record (5)

Description, scan 2: A small, dark, heavily corroded object shaped like an open ring or horseshoe, shown alone on a pale grey card. Its surface is crusty and pitted, with a frayed, broken end at upper left and a thicker rounded end at upper right. The print is mounted on a cream card with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.
Description, scan 3: A single dark, crescent-shaped object with a mottled, worn surface, open at the top and thicker along its curve. The print is mounted on a pale album page, with a handwritten pencil note below and a small pencil number on the print.
Description, scan 4: Seven corroded rings and loops of similar size lie spread across a light grey ground, arranged around a blank cream card gap in the centre. Most are closed circles, two are open C-shaped hoops, and two rings overlap at the lower left. Their surfaces are rough, pitted and encrusted, and some edges are broken.
Description, scan 5: A single ring-shaped object with a thick, rough and pitted dark surface, slightly oval in outline and with an irregular, flattened patch on its left side. It fills most of a square print against a pale grey background, and the print is mounted on a cream card with a handwritten pencil mark along the bottom edge. The object is shown alone, with no scale or label visible.
Description, scan 6: A dark, ring-shaped object of two overlapping loops is shown close up against a plain light background. The upper loop has a small rounded knob on its inner edge, and the surface is mottled and worn. The print is mounted on a cream card with a number label in the bottom right corner.