Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C05364·1927–1931

Iron Weapons

Many ribbed, porous fragments laid out on a pale background, some with regular parallel grooves.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05364. Public domain (CC0).

Description

About seventeen fragments of a pale grey, pitted material are arranged across a light background, filling the frame. Most have regular parallel ridges or grooves running in rows, and some show broken edges and rough, porous surfaces. No scale or label is visible among them.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron Weapons.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons.