Object photograph·C05072o·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.1009)

Sketches of a scarab beetle, a recumbent animal form and an oval seal with a bird figure — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05072o. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three ink sketches on separate pieces of paper are arranged on a card. On the left, a scarab beetle with a segmented back and a head at the top; at upper right, a low recumbent animal-like form in profile; at lower right, an oval seal showing a bird-like figure beside a curved sign. A partly visible handwritten number label is written at the lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.1009.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.1009

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