Object photograph·C04335e·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2300)

Engraved oval seal or gem, photographed on a card mount, with radiating lines and a central motif — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04335e. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval object with a raised rim, photographed close up on a card mount with a dark edge at the left. Its engraved face shows a fan of radiating lines across the upper half, a rounded central shape, and diagonal and curved strokes with a vertical band of hatching below. The surface looks worn in places.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2300.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2300

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