Object photograph·C04335i·1927–1931

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Two photographs of a scarab seal on a card: its domed back above and its carved oval base below. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04335i. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph mounted on a card showing one scarab seal in two views. The upper view shows the domed back with ridged wing cases and the rounded edge of the body. The lower view shows the flat base, an oval field with carved figures and a rectangular panel in the centre, on a pale blue backing with cracks and flaking at the edges.

English, translated from the Swedish record

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Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic