Object photograph·C05416c·1927–1931

Iron Weapons (A.2.65)

Heavily corroded iron weapon from Amathus, shown upright on a pale card mount. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05416c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long, narrow iron object that tapers towards a rounded top, its whole surface crusted with corrosion and pitted with small hollows. It is shown upright against a pale grey card cut to an irregular outline. The lower part is wider and rougher, with a dark, crumbling texture, while the upper part narrows into a thicker tip.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A single elongated iron object with a heavily encrusted, pitted surface is shown close up. It is wider at the upper end and narrows toward the lower end, which looks broken and rounded. The print is mounted on a pale card with cut corners, and part of a handwritten number is visible along the bottom edge.
Description, scan 3: A long, tapering iron object seen upright, broader and rounded at the top and narrower towards a broken lower end. Its surface is heavily encrusted with rust and pitted, with lighter patches and small rounded hollows. It is photographed on a pale grey card mount with a cream border and a printed number label in the lower corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron Weapons. A.2.65. Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons. A.2.65

Swedish, as on the record

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