Object photograph·C05072d·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2614)

Drawing of a scarab seal from Ayia Irini, showing the beetle back, the flat base and the engraved seal face in ink. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05072d. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Ink drawing on pieces of white card showing one scarab in three views. On the left, the beetle back is drawn with a head, wing-case lines and a central seam. At top right, the flat base has curved and straight lines, and at bottom right an oval seal face shows a vertical stroke, a hooked sign, a round disk and a fork-like sign.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2614.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2614

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