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Object photograph·C04321o·1927–1931

Faience (A. 002:035)

Crescent-shaped faience fragment beside a number label, from Amathus tombs
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04321o. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph on a grey card mount shows a curved, crescent-shaped fragment with broken edges and a mottled, weathered surface with patches of loss. A small square number label with white figures sits to its right. Handwritten pencil marks appear along the bottom edge of the card.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Curved fragment of faience from Amathus, with a number label beside it
Description, scan 2
A curved fragment with a pale surface and darker mottled patches sits on a plain grey backdrop. Its left part tapers to a thin edge, and faint painted or incised bands run across the upper left. The broken edge on the right is jagged and darker, and a black number label with white numerals lies below the fragment.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Faience, A.2.35. 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)