Object photograph·C04339i·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2123)

Oval engraved seal or gem with linear and dotted motifs, photographed enlarged on a card mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04339i. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval seal or gem, dark in tone, is shown close up and filling most of the frame. Its engraved face has parallel horizontal bands, a central rounded rectangle, small dots, and wedge-like strokes around the edges. The surface is worn and the outline is slightly chipped.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2123.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2123

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