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Object photograph·C05432a·1927–1931

Bronze mirror and minor gold objects from Marion Tomb 57

Bronze mirror with a long tang and an openwork palmette-and-scroll finial, from Marion Tomb 57.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05432a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round bronze mirror disc with a long, plain tang, shown mounted on a light card backing. The disc surface is dark and mottled with corrosion, with a large patch of pitting and loss across its upper right area. At the base of the disc, where the tang joins, is a decorative finial of raised palmette and spiral scrolls.

English, translated from the original record

Bronze mirror and minor objects of gold, from Tomb 57 at Marion.

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