Object photograph·C04319o·1927–1931

Glyptic, Amathus T. 2-26

Oval engraved seal from Amathus, shown as a close-up photograph on a pale card background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04319o. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval seal or gem with a raised rim and a deeply engraved device across its face, showing curved strokes and a rounded form in the centre. The surface is pale and worn, and a dark object fills the right edge of the frame beside it. The engraved design is hard to read clearly in this grainy print.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A small photograph of an oval seal face showing a raised figure with a curved upper part and angular limbs, set within a narrow raised rim. The print is mounted on a pale card, with a dark strip at its right edge and a printed number in the lower corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26. Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

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

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic