Object photograph·C04412b·1927–1931

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Two photographs of a scarab seal, its rounded back above and its engraved flat base below, on a card. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04412b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two views of one scarab are mounted on a pale card. The upper view shows the rounded back, elongated and ridged, with dark and light patches. The lower view shows the oval flat base with a carved design of incised lines and marks, set on a mount with peeling, blue-tinted patches.

English, translated from the Swedish record

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Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic