Object photograph·C04407f·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2222)

Oval seal-gem with an engraved design, photographed and mounted on a card with a handwritten label, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04407f. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval, flat-based seal-gem with a raised rim, its engraved face shown in a close photograph against a pale background. The design includes a rounded dark shape at upper left, a long curved line sweeping down through the centre, a hatched area at left and a tall vertical element at right. The photograph is mounted on a card with a handwritten label beneath it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2222.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2222

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