Object photograph·C05392q·1927–1931

Glyptic from Amathus T. 2-26

Two photographs of a beetle-shaped seal from Amathus, showing its back and its oval flat face with a raised looped design. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05392q. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photo mount holding two photographs. The upper one shows a beetle-shaped object seen from above on a grey backdrop, with a line across its middle and a short division on the lower half. The lower one shows the flat oval face of a seal with a raised, symmetrical design of looped and lobed motifs inside a border ring, on a pale blue ground.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A large oval scarab-shaped object, pale and worn, photographed back up on a grey card. Its back is divided by a transverse groove and a central line, with a notch at the top where the head would be and a dark chip near the lower edge. The engraved underside is not shown.
Description, scan 3: A round, flat disc photographed close up on a grey card mount. Its raised design shows two spiral scrolls, two elongated oval shapes set side by side, and a short vertical stem at the centre, enclosed by a raised rim and a curved line. The surface is pale grey with small dark spots and chips at the 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