Object photograph·C04409g·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.250)

Two photographs of a scarab seal, one showing its side and one its carved base with incised signs, mounted on a card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04409g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photo mount with two views of one scarab. The upper photograph shows its side, with a dark, worn, domed back, while the lower one shows the carved base: an oval outline with a raised border enclosing incised signs. Handwritten notes run along the bottom edge of the card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.250.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.250

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