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Object photograph·C05419g·1927–1931

Silver (M.56.38 c-d)

Corroded silver object with a knobbed top and cylindrical body, shown upright against a pale background.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05419g. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A corroded metal object stands upright against a pale background. Its top has a rounded, head-like form with a pointed projection, above a wider cylindrical body with a flared base. The surface is pitted and encrusted, and part of the left side of the body has broken away, leaving a jagged edge.

Other scans of this record (4)

  • Corroded silver object with a rounded knob-like top and a plain cylindrical body, photographed against a pale background.
  • Silver object, cylindrical with a bird-head-shaped projection at the top
  • Two corroded silver objects, one with a ring-shaped loop at the top, on a mounted print.
  • Several small corroded silver objects with loops and knobbed or hooked ends, finds from Marion
Description, scan 2
A single corroded silver object shown upright against a pale grey ground. Its dark, pitted surface has light patches of corrosion. A rounded top section, with a projection on the left side, sits above a thicker, plain cylindrical body that widens slightly toward the base.
Description, scan 3
A cylindrical silver object stands upright, photographed against a pale background. Its top ends in a projection shaped like a bird's head with a hooked beak pointing right. The body has a rough, pitted, encrusted surface with a small hollow dent on the lower side, and the print is mounted on a card with a narrow border.
Description, scan 4
Two heavily corroded objects are shown one above the other on a mounted print, with a gap between them. The upper object has a ring-shaped loop at its top left and a ridged band near its base. The lower object is a cylinder with a dark cavity opening on one side, and both have a rough, pitted, encrusted surface.
Description, scan 5
Six small corroded metal objects are mounted on a pale card. The two upper pieces are cylindrical with a knob or hooked top and a small hole in the side. Below them, four pieces have small rings or loops at one end, one is a hollow tube with an opening, and one has a flat, narrow shaft.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Silver. M.56.38 c-d

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Silver. M.56.38 c-d

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)