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Object photograph·C05072j·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2600)

Drawings of a scarab seal from three views: its back, its side profile and its flat base with incised signs.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05072j. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three drawings of one scarab seal, each on its own white card on a cream mount. On the left is the back, an oval with a segmented head section and wing cases divided by fine lines. The top right shows the side profile, and the bottom right shows the flat base with several incised signs.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2600.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2600

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