Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C04870f·1927–1931

Bronze Age Gold and Silver

Long embossed metal strip with a row of profile faces and spiral motifs, edged with rows of small dots.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04870f. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long, narrow strip of thin embossed metal, photographed on a white card mount. Along the centre runs a row of stylised profile heads with large eyes, open mouths and wavy hair, with spiral motifs filling the spaces below. Rows of small raised dots line the top and bottom edges, and two small holes pierce each end.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Age Gold and Silver.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Age Gold and Silver.