Object photograph·C04342g·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2225)

Engraved seal or gem from Ayia Irini, with incised curved and angular design, shown on an album card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04342g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A grey-toned photograph of an engraved seal or gem, shown close up so that the oval-rectangular outline fills most of the print. The incised design has worn, curved and angular marks, with a dark rim along the right and lower edges. The print sits on a card with handwritten notes written beneath it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2225.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2225

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