Object photograph·C04340h·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2189)

Glyptic find from Ayia Irini: a round, dark object with a cracked, crazed surface — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04340h. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round, slightly domed object photographed face-on against a pale grey backdrop. Its dark surface is covered in a network of fine cracks and pale flecks, with a horizontal crack across the middle and a lighter rim along the lower edge. The print is mounted on a cream card with handwritten labels below it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2189.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2189

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