Object photograph·C04342h·1927–1931

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Two views of a stone scarab: the segmented domed back above and the flat base with a carved design below. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04342h. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two photographs of one scarab are mounted on a grey card. The upper view shows the dark, domed back with raised ridges across its segments. The lower view shows the oval flat base with a carved design of a central arched shape and surrounding incised lines, set against a pale blue-tinted backing.

English, translated from the Swedish record

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Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic