Object photograph·C04345aa·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2727)

Scarab-shaped seal and the engraved face of a seal stone with a bird, two photographs on one card mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04345aa. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two photographs sit on one card mount. The upper one shows a dark, scarab-shaped seal with a raised central ridge, lines along its body and a rounded end at right. The lower one shows the flat oval face of a seal stone, with an incised bird that has outstretched wings and feathered tips, and the mount's corners are torn and peeling.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2727.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2727

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