Object photograph·C05157a·1927–1931

Iron Tools, L.429.12 - 3 C.G.II

Corroded iron knife from the Kastros tombs at Lapithos, shown on a card mount.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05157a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An elongated iron knife, heavily corroded, with a narrow pointed tip at the lower end and a broader upper end that has a notch on one side. The surface is crusted, pitted and dark with encrustation, and the object stands upright against a pale background on a bordered card mount. A handwritten label is partly visible along the lower edge.

English, translated from the original record

Iron tools, L.429.12 - 3 C.G.II, showing a knife.

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