Object photograph·C05392m·1927–1931

Glyptic from Amathus

Impression of a seal from Amathus showing a small animal-like figure and an upright sign inside an oval border — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05392m. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rectangular seal impression with cut corners and a raised oval border, shown against a grey card with a cream edge. Inside the oval, a crouching animal-like figure sits beside an upright sign and a short vertical stroke with a letter-like shape. The relief is pale and soft-edged, and the surface shows some small specks.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: An oval scarab seal photographed on a plain grey backdrop. The beetle's body has a horizontal groove across the upper part and a vertical central line running down the lower half, and the outline is edged with diagonal ridges. The raised head area at the top and the surface are worn, with soft shading.
Description, scan 3: Two grey-toned photographs are mounted on a cream card. The upper one shows a scarab-shaped seal with a rounded back, a raised head at one end, a central groove and ridged edges. The lower one shows an oval seal face with a raised figure and a horizontal element in low relief, with pale retouching around its edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26. Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

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

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic