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Object photograph·C05218·1927–1931

Glyptic

Glyptic: close view of a small seal face with three circular motifs set within a curved rim
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05218. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark, grainy close-up photograph of a small rectangular object with a raised, curved rim enclosing three circular motifs arranged in a triangle, each with a central dot. Fine parallel lines run across the upper right of the surface. The print is mounted on a pale card with a white margin.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic