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Object photograph·C04957g·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone (A. 012.11a)

Two round objects with central holes, shown side by side on a photo mount
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04957g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two round objects with a central hole are shown side by side on a grey photo mount against a pale ground. The left object is paler and mottled with light patches, the right one darker with pale spots and cracks. Both have smooth rounded edges and look like beads or discs rather than vessels.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Photo mount with two round perforated objects above a dark photograph of a small object with a hole and two pale bars
Description, scan 2
A photograph mounted on a pale card shows two round, perforated objects side by side at the top, one with a light mottled surface and one darker and rougher. Below them is a separate dark square print with a small white circle near the top and two pale vertical bars with smaller marks beneath. A printed label is in the lower right corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26. Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, A. 012.11a.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone, A. 012.11a

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)