Object photograph·C04338g·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2605)

Oval stone seal with an engraved design, from Ayia Irini, shown on a pale mount. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04338g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close photograph of an oval stone seal on a pale mount, its flat base carved with engraved lines. Curved and angular motifs fill the upper and central areas, with a rounded shape and vertical bands in the middle, and the edges are worn. Handwritten notes run along the bottom edge, and part of a second photograph shows at the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2605.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2605

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