Object photograph·C06024b·1927–1931

Iron Tools (i.1204b)

Corroded iron nail from Idalion, shown upright on a pale card mount. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06024b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A heavily corroded iron nail with a flat, irregular head at the top and a long shank that narrows slightly toward the point at the bottom. The surface is crusted with rust and encrusted soil, pitted and dark with lighter patches. It is shown upright on a pale grey card mount, with a handwritten number label along the right edge.

English, translated from the original record

Iron tools, i.1204b, showing a nail.

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