Object photograph·C06109f·1927–1931

Bone bead (A.I.2608)

Bone bead from Ayia Irini, a rounded object with a large opening on top, photographed on grey — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06109f. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single rounded object, roughly spherical, with a wide circular opening on the upper side that reveals a dark hollow interior. The outer surface is pale and mottled with darker speckles, and a faint seam runs down the left side. It is photographed alone against a plain grey background, with a small handwritten mark at the upper left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bone, A.I.2608.

Swedish, as on the record

Ben, A.I.2608

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