Object photograph·C05414·1927–1931

Iron Weapons, parts of a mail shirt (Amathus 2.57)

Corroded iron fragments of a mail shirt, laid out in rows on a pale background. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05414. Public domain (CC0).

Description

About a dozen irregular, heavily corroded iron fragments are arranged in a loose grid on a pale background. Their surfaces are crusted and pitted, and some show a fine regular pattern that may come from woven rings. The pieces vary in size, from small flat plates to longer strips.

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Description, scan 2: About a dozen corroded iron fragments are laid out in rows on a pale background. The pieces are crusted grey and pitted, with flattened rings and a woven pattern partly visible under rust and soil. Some fragments are larger and layered, others small and broken at the edges.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Parts of a mail shirt. Iron Weapons. Amathus 2.57

Swedish, as on the record

Delar till brynja. Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons. Amathus 2.57