Object photograph·C04341f·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2420)

Oval engraved seal or gem from Ayia Irini with a dark incised figure at its centre — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04341f. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval engraved gem or seal is photographed on a grey card within the border of a mount. Its face shows a dark incised figure in the centre, with a rounded upper part and vertical strokes below, though the outline is hard to read in the photograph. A raised rim runs around the whole oval edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2420.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2420

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