Object photograph·C05070aa·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2697)

Drawing of a scarab seal with signs, from Ayia Irini, shown on a pale card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05070aa. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A black-line drawing on a pale card showing a scarab beetle seen from above, with a drawn head, wing-cases and a central dividing line. Above it is a flat, lidded shape with a small curved detail, and to the right is an oval frame holding a small standing human figure and two vertical marks.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2697.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2697

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