Object photograph·C05072a·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2700)

Line drawings of a scarab and two other seals with carved designs, each pasted on white paper
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05072a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three line drawings of seals, each on a separate piece of white paper pasted onto a card. On the left is a scarab with an oval body, a head at the top and wing cases marked by a central line and cross lines. At top right is a recumbent animal-like form on a flat base, and at lower right is an oval seal with a double outline containing a disc, an upright shape, a hooked sign and a small kneeling figure.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2700.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2700

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