Object photograph·C05072m·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2208)

Drawing of a scarab seal from Ayia Irini, shown from the side, from the back and with its flat base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05072m. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A black line drawing on white card shows a scarab seal in three views. At the top is a side view of a low, rounded form with a head at one end. The lower left shows the back of the scarab with its shell divided by a central line, and the lower right shows the flat oval base with three upright signs between two dark bands.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2208.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2208

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