Object photograph·C04343g·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2214)

Seal or gem from Ayia Irini with a raised carved design of a face-like pattern.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04343g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval seal with rounded ends, shown as a print on a grey card mount on a cream page. Its raised carved design has two round features near the top, a broad horizontal band across the middle and a dark bar below it. The lower edge of the stone is chipped, and handwritten numbers appear on the page beneath.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2214.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2214

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)