Object photograph·C05424a·1927–1931

Iron Weapons

Corroded iron weapon with a broad upper blade tapering to a long, thin tang — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05424a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A heavily corroded iron object, dark and pitted, shown vertically on a pale strip of card. Its upper part is broad with a slight shoulder on one side, and it narrows to a long, thin tang at the lower end. The surface is rough and encrusted, with lighter flecks where corrosion has flaked away.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A single heavily corroded iron object photographed upright on a pale grey card. Its upper end is broad and irregular, with a rounded shoulder on the left, and it narrows into a long, thin shaft running down to the bottom of the frame. The surface is pitted and crusted with rust, with lighter patches where the metal has flaked.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron Weapons.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons.