Object photograph·C04342j·1927–1931

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Oval engraved seal or gem with carved curved motifs, shown in a photograph mounted on a card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04342j. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The oval face of a seal or gem fills the centre of a photograph mounted on a pale card. It has a raised rim and carved motifs of curved, looped and angular forms, with a darker area in the lower right. The print has dark, bluish edges, and the mount is torn and flaking at the top and bottom.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic