Object photograph·Csn3957·1927–1931

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Scarab seal with a cross-shaped design on its base, photographed on a pale card mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3957. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval scarab seal photographed from its base, with a raised or incised design of a horizontal band crossing a vertical line and a dark notch at the top edge. The surface is worn and mottled with light and dark patches, and the photograph is mounted on a pale card with a handwritten number label below.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic