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Object photograph·C04334a·1927–1931

Glyptic

Glyptic find: a rounded stone object with horizontal bands, shown close up
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04334a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close view of a rounded, oval object filling most of a mounted print. Several horizontal ridges and grooves run across its face, with a small round hollow near the top and a dark diagonal cut lower down. The image is soft, and the print sits on a pale card with a narrow border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic