Object photograph·C04347·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2634)

Oval stone seal or gem with vertical grooves on its back, photographed on a mounted card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04347. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single oval object with a dark, pitted and mottled surface fills most of the frame against a pale grey backdrop. Several vertical grooves run across its upper part, and its edges are rounded and slightly uneven. Below the photograph, the cream mount carries handwritten notes in pen.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2634.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2634

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