Object photograph·Csn1008·1927–1931

Stone, bead (A. 022.32)

Dark stone bead from Amathus, squat and faceted, shown centred on a pale card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1008. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single dark stone bead with a squat, faceted body, widest near the middle and narrowing toward a flatter top and base. Its surface is mottled with lighter patches and faint horizontal ridges, and a faint vertical streak rises above the top. The print is slightly soft-focused, with the pale card border visible around the edges.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Stone, A. 022.32.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Stone, A. 022.32

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