Object photograph·C05418g·1927–1931

Iron tools from Amathus, A.2.71

Long, narrow iron tool from Amathus, heavily corroded and encrusted, shown upright on a grey card. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05418g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long, narrow fragment of heavily corroded iron, its surface pitted and crusted with rust, shown upright against a plain grey card. The top edge is irregular and the lower end is worn and broken. The object is several times as long as it is wide, and its exact form cannot be determined from the photograph.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A long, narrow piece of heavily corroded iron stands upright, its surface crusted and pitted with rust and soil. The top end is broken and rough, and a band of smoother metal runs across the middle where the object has split along its length. The object fills most of a pale grey mount, with a small printed mark in the bottom corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron tools, A.2.71 - 2 CAII. Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

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