Object photograph·C04408c·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2284)

Two views of a stone scarab seal, its domed back above and its engraved flat base below, on a photo card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04408c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph mounted on a card shows two views of one dark stone scarab. The upper view shows the domed back with faint diagonal lines and a crack running down the middle. The lower view shows the flat engraved base, set on a bluish backing with a worn whitish border that is flaking at the edges.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2284.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2284

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