Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn2632·1927–1931

BA Weapons

Two corroded metal weapons with long tapering blades and hooked tangs, shown side by side against a grey background.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2632. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two long, tapering metal blades with a raised central ridge stand upright side by side. Each ends at the top in a narrow tang with a hooked terminal. The surfaces are pitted and encrusted with corrosion, and both are photographed against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

BA Weapons.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. BA Weapons.