Object photograph·C05072aa·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2213)

Ink drawing of a scarab seal from Ayia Irini, showing its domed back and flat base with a sketched design — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05072aa. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pen drawing of a scarab seal shown in three views on a white card. At the top is a side view of a lying figure above a flat base; below left is the domed back of a scarab with wing-case lines and head ridges; below right is its flat base with a sketched design of short strokes. A handwritten number label sits beneath the drawings, and handwritten inventory notes run along the bottom edge of the card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2213.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2213

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