Object photograph·C05069c·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2635)

Field drawing of a scarab seal from Ayia Irini, shown from above, from the side and from its flat base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05069c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three ink drawings on pale paper show one scarab seal: a view from above with a rounded body and a vertical line down the back, a side profile with a raised back, and a flat oval base carved with vertical strokes, round and bar-shaped signs. A handwritten number is partly visible at the bottom edge of the sheet.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2635.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2635

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