Object photograph·Csn2079·1927–1931

Reconstruction of a brynja (Iron Weapons, Repno 13492D)

Reconstruction drawing of a brynja (mail shirt) from Amathus, showing rows of overlapping plates and a central braided cord. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2079. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stippled ink drawing of a reconstructed shirt made of horizontal rows of narrow plates stacked one above another, each with a rounded end, a round hole on the left and an oval mark. A braided cord runs down the centre to hold the rows together, and a small handwritten mark sits in the lower left corner of the sheet.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Reconstruction of a brynja (mail shirt). Pl. CL in SCE vol II. Iron Weapons. Amathus 2.57. Repno 13492D

Swedish, as on the record

Rekonstruktion av brynja. Pl. CL i SCE vol II. Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons. Amathus 2.57. Repno 13492D

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