Object photograph·C04338b·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2659)

Oval seal-stone with incised signs on its flat face, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04338b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close photograph of an oval seal with a flat face, mounted on a pale card. The face carries several incised signs, including a loop-like shape at left and upright strokes at right, set inside a double-lined border that follows the rounded outline. The surface is worn, with dark incised lines against a lighter ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2659.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2659

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