Object photograph·C05392p·1927–1931

Glyptic, Amathus T. 2-26

Two views of a scarab from Amathus: the back with a horizontal dividing line, and the carved base with a figure-like design — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05392p. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two photographs of one scarab, mounted on a card. The upper view shows the oval back, worn and mottled, with a horizontal line across the middle and a vertical line. The lower view shows the flat base, with a figure-like outline and a pattern carved in the surface, the tones looking partly reversed.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A close photograph of an oval, slightly convex object with a broad raised rim and a smooth central field. Inside the field a dark curved line runs across the lower left, with a vertical line and a small dark mark to the right, which may be parts of a figure or pattern. The print is grey and low in contrast, mounted on a cream card with a border.
Description, scan 3: An oval, scarab-shaped object is seen from above against a grey background, its convex surface worn and pitted. A horizontal groove crosses the middle, a vertical line divides the lower half, and a short mark sits above the crossing. Circle or figure decoration cannot be clearly distinguished in this photograph.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic. Amathus T. 2-26. Scarab with circle, figure and pattern decoration.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic

Swedish, as on the record

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