Object photograph·C05070m·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2058)

Drawing of a scarab seal in three views, its engraved base showing a crouching animal and signs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05070m. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A line drawing on a card shows a scarab seal from three sides. Above is a side profile of the flat base, at lower left the back with a domed head and segmented wing cases, and at lower right the engraved base, with a crouching animal, a standing figure and several signs inside an oval border. A handwritten number label sits below the drawing.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2058.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2058

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