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Object photograph·C04377b·1927–1931

Bronze Weapons

Corroded leaf-shaped metal blade with a long narrow tang, photographed upright on a card mount.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04377b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The blade is shown upright against a pale grey ground, its surface pitted and encrusted with dark corrosion. The pointed tip widens into a leaf shape before narrowing to a long, straight tang with a squared end. The print is mounted on a cream card with a narrow border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Weapons.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Weapons.