Object photograph·C05374a·1927–1931

Amathus T. 2-26

Two photographs of a beetle-shaped seal from Amathus, showing its domed back and its engraved flat base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05374a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cream card mount holds two photographs of the same beetle-shaped seal. The upper photo shows the rounded back with its segmented, ridged surface and a notched edge at the head end. The lower photo shows the flat base, an oval with a raised border and angled, curved strokes of design set within it, on a pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

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

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