Object photograph·C04345d·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2676)

Stone scarab from Ayia Irini, shown with dark and pale bands across its domed surface — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04345d. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval stone object with a domed back is shown in the centre of a pale card mount. Its surface has dark and light bands and patches of uneven colour, and a darker mark runs near the middle. A torn fragment of paper or another object is partly visible at the bottom edge of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2676.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2676

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