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Object photograph·C05073e·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2305)

Black line drawing of a scarab from three views: side profile, back of the beetle and the engraved flat base.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05073e. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three views of one scarab are drawn in black line on a white card: a flat side profile at the top, the beetle's back with its head and wing lines at lower left, and the flat base at lower right. The base shows an eye-shaped motif above horizontal strokes, some hatching at the left and a curved stroke at the bottom. A handwritten label runs along the bottom edge of the card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2305.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2305

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