Object photograph·C05770b·1927–1931

Gold, other jewellery, diadem (A.10.1)

Gold diadem strip with a repeated embossed pattern of arched motifs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05770b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long, narrow strip of thin metal, torn and uneven at its ends and edges, lies across a grey card mount. Its surface is embossed with a repeated pattern of upward-curving arched motifs separated by vertical ridges. Light and shadow pick out the raised forms and the creased, worn surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Gold, other jewellery, A.10.1.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Gold Övriga smycken. A.10.1

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