Object photograph·Csn2107·1927–1931

Iron Weapons (A.2.60 C.II)

Drawing of an iron weapon with a long pointed blade and a wrapped hilt, from Amathus tombs 1-9 — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2107. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Stippled ink drawing of a long, narrow-bladed weapon standing upright with its point at the top. Near the base a wrapped section forms the hilt, and below it a narrow tang tapers to a point. A handwritten label is written upside down at the top of the pale card, and a stamped number sits in the bottom right corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron Weapons. A.2.60 C.II

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons. A.2.60 C.II

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