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Object photograph·C05070g·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2678)

Drawing of a scarab seal: side profile, blank base, and engraved face showing a standing figure
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05070g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pen drawing of one scarab-shaped seal shown in three views. At the top is a side profile with a domed back and flat base. Below left is the plain, blank oval base, and below right is the engraved face, framed by a double border, with a standing figure flanked by two upright, leaf-like shapes.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2678.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2678

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