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Object photograph·Csn3963·1927–1931

Glyptic

Oval glyptic object, possibly a scarab, photographed on a pale card mount
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3963. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large oval object with a rough, pitted surface fills most of a rectangular print. It is lighter on the left and dark along the right edge, and its carved design is not clearly visible. The print 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