Object photograph·Csn3945·1927–1931

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Scarab-shaped seal with a dark domed back and a pale flat base, shown in a photograph mounted on card — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3945. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval scarab with a dark, domed back at the top and a pale, flat base marked by a few incised lines across it. The object fills most of a grey card, which sits on a cream mount with a handwritten number label below. The surface shows dark mottling and small chips along the lower edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic