Object photograph·C05073i·1927–1931

Glyptic, scarab (A.I.2182)

Drawing of a scarab seal in three views, with an eye-like motif and vertical strokes engraved on its flat base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05073i. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Line drawing on a card showing a scarab seal in three views. At the top is the side profile, with a domed back and flat base. Below left is the rounded back of the beetle with its wing-case divided by a central line, and below right is the flat base, engraved with five upright strokes, an eye-like motif and a band beneath.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2182.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2182

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