Object photograph·C05925k·1927–1931

Glyptic (I. 0785)

Stone scarab from Idalion, with a ridged domed back and incised lines on its flat base — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05925k. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small, dark, oval object with a domed upper surface marked by several raised ridges and a central vertical groove. The flat lower face shows incised lines and a short central bar, and the edges look worn and chipped. The object is shown close up on a pale mounted card with a narrow border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, i.785.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, i.785

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