Object photograph·C04345i·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.1146)

Small stone object from Ayia Irini, possibly a scarab, photographed on a grey card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04345i. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small, rounded object shows a dark, smooth section on the left and a pale, pitted, mottled surface on the right, with a darker lower edge. It lies on a plain grey card, and a faint pencil mark is visible at the lower left. The edge of another object appears at the bottom of the frame. No engraved design is clearly visible at this scale.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.1146.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.1146

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