Object photograph·C05424b·1927–1931

Iron Weapons: two arrowheads (M.43.20, M.43.33)

Two corroded iron arrowheads from Marion, tombs 31–45, shown on a mounted card. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05424b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph of two corroded iron objects mounted on a white card cut to an irregular outline, set against a cream background. The longer piece has a pointed tip at the top and a narrowing lower section, and a shorter piece at the lower left curves toward it, the two appearing joined at the bottom. The surfaces are dark grey, pitted and encrusted, and a small number label sits at the bottom right corner.

Other scans of this record (4)

Description, scan 2: A single elongated iron arrowhead with a pointed tip and a narrow tang at the base, its surface heavily corroded and pitted. It is shown on a white card cut to the shape of the blade, pasted onto a cream background with a small piece of tape at the lower right.
Description, scan 3: A single corroded arrowhead lies upright in the frame, with a pointed, leaf-shaped blade that narrows to a socket and short tang at the base. The dark, pitted surface shows heavy rust and encrustation, and the lower end is broken. The object is shown against a pale background on a card mount with a border.
Description, scan 4: Two heavily corroded iron objects are shown against a pale grey background. The larger piece is long and narrow, with a pointed upper end and a rough, pitted surface. A second, shorter pointed piece sits at the lower left, and the two appear joined near the bottom in a V shape.
Description, scan 5: Two heavily corroded iron objects lie side by side on a pale grey ground. The left one is a leaf-shaped blade with a narrow, broken end. The right one has a long pointed blade above a thick socket and a bent shank, with a separate curved fragment beside it; the surfaces are pitted and encrusted with rust.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron Weapons. Two arrowheads, M.43.20, M.43.33.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons. Två pilspetsar, M.43.20, M.43.33