Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn3960·1927–1931

Glyptic

Oval glyptic object, probably a seal or gem, dark and worn with faint engraved lines on its surface
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3960. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark, oval object with a rounded top and a flatter lower edge, its surface worn and showing faint vertical grooves and a few small pits. It is shown as a photograph mounted on a grey card on a cream album page, with a pencil number written below. The fine surface detail is hard to make out.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic