Object photograph·C05365g·1927–1931

Bronze Personal Adornments (A.22.9)

Curved, corroded bronze object from Amathus, shown against a pale ground
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05365g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single curved metal object, dark and heavily corroded with pale patches on its surface, tapers at both ends and bows upward like a crescent. A seam or crack runs along its inner edge. The photograph is mounted on a pale card with a thin border.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Corroded curved bronze object from Amathus, likely a personal adornment, shown on a pale backdrop
Description, scan 2
A corroded, dark metal object curved like a crescent, slender through the middle and thicker with a rounded end at the right. Its surface is pitted and flecked with pale encrustation, and the left end looks broken or flattened. The photograph is mounted on a cream card with a narrow border, and a small printed label and handwritten marks sit along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26. Bronze Personal Adornments, A.22.9.

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)