Object photograph·C04348d·1927–1931

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Oval seal or gem face with a raised central motif, photographed on a mounted card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04348d. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval seal or gem face, shown in a close photograph that fills most of the print. A raised oval rim surrounds a central motif of dark vertical and horizontal bars and a diagonal stroke, with small pitted marks across the surface. The print is mounted on a card with a plain border, and handwriting is partly visible below it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic