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Object photograph·C05355·1927–1931

Bronze weapons (A.13.10)

Long bronze blade with a pointed tip and a hilted tang, photographed horizontally against a pale ground.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05355. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long, narrow metal weapon lies horizontally across a pale ground, tapering to a sharp point at the left end. The blade has a raised central ridge and a dark, worn surface, and the right end carries a hilt with wrapped or ringed binding. The object fills almost the full width of the frame.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Long bronze blade tapering to a point, with a cylindrical base, photographed upright against a grey backdrop.
Description, scan 2
A single long, narrow metal weapon, most likely a sword or spearhead, is photographed upright on a plain grey backdrop. The pointed blade tapers to a fine tip at the top, and the lower end ends in a thicker cylindrical section. A small handwritten label sits near the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bronze Weapons. A.13.10. Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Bronze Weapons. A.13.10

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Amathus T. 2-26.

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