Object photograph·C05524j·1927–1931

Lead, M.53.22

Corroded lead container with a raised lid, shown on a card mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05524j. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rounded, heavily corroded lead container with a flat raised top section and a small central knob. The body is pitted and split, with several holes and broken edges, and faint horizontal ridges on the surface. The object fills most of a photograph mounted on a card, with a handwritten number label in the lower right corner.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Close-up photograph of a rounded lead container with a pitted, cracked grey surface. A broken domed piece, probably part of the lid, sits on top and is separated from the body by a dark gap. Holes and ragged losses are visible in the walls, especially on the left side.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Lead, M.53.22.

Swedish, as on the record

Bly, M.53.22

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