Object photograph·Csn3924·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2724)

Stone scarab seal from Ayia Irini, shown in a photograph mounted on a card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3924. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small dark stone seal in the shape of a scarab beetle, shown close up on a white print mounted on a pale card. The head end is at the left with a rounded projecting part, and the back has raised ridges and grooves across the wing cases. Handwriting is written above the print, and a small printed label sits at the bottom right corner of the card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2724.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2724

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