Object photograph·C05069e·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2645)

Drawings of three seals: a flat-backed seal above, and two scarab-shaped seals below, one with signs on its base. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05069e. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A line drawing on a white card shows three seal-gems. At the top is a flat-backed seal with a rounded head and bands across its body. Below left, a scarab is drawn from its back with a central line and arcs marking the head, and below right a scarab base carries a vertical sign with a cross-bar, a dark oval, a half-disc and two horizontal bars.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2645.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2645

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