Object photograph·C05397a·1927–1931

Jewellery etc., Marion Tomb 9

Row of seven beads from Marion Tomb 9, the largest at left with concentric rings like an eye. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05397a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Seven round beads are laid in a row across a pale grey strip. The largest, at the left, has concentric rings resembling an eye, with a white patch beneath it, and beside it sits a plain dark bead. The smaller beads have dark centres, rings or stripes, and several show worn or chipped surfaces.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Small beads are laid out in three rows on a pale background, about twenty in all. The top row has a small round bead, six short barrel-shaped beads, and two larger beads, one dark and angular and one oval with circular markings. The middle and bottom rows include round and oval beads, several with central holes, and a barrel-shaped bead with a pale band.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Jewellery etc., Marion 9. 25 27 32 21

Swedish, as on the record

Smycken m.m, Marion 9. 25 27 32 21