Object photograph·C05073a·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2122)

Drawing of three seals from Ayia Irini: a scarab-shaped seal with radiating lines, a long seal, and an oval seal with a bird
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05073a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three inked seal drawings, each on its own white paper piece, sit on a pale mount. On the left, a tall oval seal has horizontal bands at both ends and a central circle with radiating lines. At top right, a long flat seal shows vertical strokes, and at bottom right an oval seal shows a bird with a long curved neck beside a round shape.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2122.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2122

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