Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C04975·1927–1931

Bronze Age Gold and Silver

Ring with an oval bezel carrying a standing four-legged animal figure in relief.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04975. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close view of a ring with a broad band and an oval bezel, photographed on a grey ground from a slightly raised angle. On the bezel a standing animal with a long tail and raised head is shown in relief, and a smaller rounded form is partly visible at the lower left. The surface is dark with some wear, and the lower band of the ring is in shadow.

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.