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Object photograph·C05070h·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2252)

Ink drawings of a scarab seal shown in three views: back, side profile and base, pasted on a pale card.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05070h. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three separate ink drawings of one scarab are pasted onto a pale sheet: a back view at left, a side profile at top right and the flat base at lower right. The base has an oval border enclosing a small hand-like sign, a dot and an elongated shape with short legs. A handwritten number is written at the bottom left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2252.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2252

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