Object photograph·C05374b·1927–1931

Glyptic, Amathus T. 2-26

Scarab seal from Amathus shown from its back and as a pale impression of its flat base, both photographs mounted on one card. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05374b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two photographs sit on one light card mount. The upper one shows an oval, beetle-shaped stone scarab seen from its back, with a raised head area, a horizontal ridge and a central incised line dividing the wing cases. The lower one shows a white impression of the flat base, with a vertical central line and curved, stylised marks along the sides, partly rubbed.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A single oval object, a scarab, fills most of the frame against a plain dark grey backdrop. Its surface shows a horizontal ridge across the middle, a vertical crack or groove running down from the centre, and dark worn areas near the top and bottom edges. The photograph is soft-focused, so the incised detail is hard to read.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic. Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic

Swedish, as on the record

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