Object photograph·C05877·1927–1931

Iron Weapons (1.319)

Iron sword with a rounded pommel, cross-guard and long tapering blade, its surface corroded. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05877. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The sword is shown upright and whole, filling the height of a pale card mount. It has a rounded pommel at the top, a short cross-guard, and a long blade that narrows to a point at the bottom. The corroded metal is pitted and encrusted, with cracks visible along the blade, and a handwritten number sits at the top left of the mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron Weapons. 1.319

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons. 1.319