Object photograph·Csn1918·1927–1931

Chisel fragment of uralite porphyrite, Kythrea (Ky. 017)

Fragment of a chisel of uralite porphyrite from Kythrea, shown on a pale mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1918. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single fragment of stone, roughly triangular with broken and chipped edges, shown on a pale grey mount. The left part of the fragment is lighter and mottled, while the right side and lower edge are dark and smoother, with a thin pale streak on the right. No scale or label is visible beside it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Kythrea. Kythrea, Lapithos. Neolithic Settlement. No. 17. Fragment of a chisel of uralite porphyrite. Ground down in a test at the Mineralogical-Geological Institute in Uppsala, 1932. Photo: preparator A. Karlsson.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Kythrea.

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