Object photograph·C04409c·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2648)

Oval stone seal with carved lines across its flat face, from Ayia Irini — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04409c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval object with a rounded back, photographed face-on on a pale card. The flat face carries several carved or incised motifs: a row of short notches near the top, two curved bands across the middle, and a long curved mark near the bottom. The surface is worn and mottled, and the edges are slightly irregular.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2648.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2648

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