Object photograph·C05175·1927–1931

Bronze tools, crook (L.409.12)

Bronze crook-shaped tool from Lapithos, Kastros tombs, photographed against a plain grey background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05175. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long metal rod bent into an S-shaped hook, with its lower end tapering into a narrow stem that finishes in a flat, slightly flared base. The surface is pitted and greenish-grey with corrosion. A handwritten number label is written on the tapering stem, and the object is shown alone against a pale grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze tools, L.409.12.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze tools. L.409.12

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