Object photograph·C05374i·1927–1931

Glyptic, Amathus T. 2-26

Glyptic from Amathus: a flat, rounded stone seal with a cross-shaped pattern of pale lines.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05374i. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A flat, rounded-rectangular stone object is photographed face-on against a grey card with a cream border. Its surface is dark and mottled, with a cross-shaped pattern of light lines running across it, and the left half is painted blue-grey. A pale crack runs diagonally across the left side, and the right edge is chipped.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Glyptic find from Amathus: a rounded stone seal with engraved lines forming a cross-like pattern
Description, scan 2
Close-up photograph of a single small rounded object, squarish with curved edges, filling most of the frame against a grey card. The left half is dark and the right half lighter and pitted, with pale cracks running diagonally across the surface. Engraved lines form a cross-like pattern of a vertical and a horizontal band across the face.

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.

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