Object photograph·C05071b·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2733)

Drawn impressions of three seal designs on white card: a crosshatched oval, a recumbent animal, and an animal with a bird.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05071b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three enlarged drawn impressions of seal designs, each on its own piece of white card. The left design is an egg-shaped outline filled with diagonal crosshatching, and the top right shows a crosshatched recumbent four-legged animal above a horizontal bar. The bottom right is an oval design with a double border, showing a standing quadruped with a curved horn beside a long-necked bird.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2733.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2733

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