Object photograph·C05595b·1927–1931

Glyptic

Oval seal or gem with a carved design, photographed on a cracked, damaged mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05595b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval seal or gem with a carved design of dark and light shapes sits on a grey ground. Its surface shows small speckles and pale spots, and the margin around it is cracked and flaking, with blue-grey patches at the edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic