Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn2965·1927–1931

KVHAA archive photograph by H. Andersson, 1930

Corroded round metal discs, probably coins, laid out in rows beside a stack of similar discs, with a ruler along the top.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2965. Public domain (CC0).

Description

About twenty corroded, roughly coin-sized discs are arranged in loose rows on a plain light surface, several showing faint relief or rim marks. A tall stack of similar discs, piled like coins, sits at the lower left. A graduated ruler runs along the top edge for scale.

English, translated from the Swedish record

KVHAA archive. Photograph by H. Andersson, 1930.

Swedish, as on the record

Kvhaa - arkivet, Fot. 1930 H. Andersson.