Object photograph·Csn3968·1927–1931

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Oval engraved gem with a bird-like figure and a branching motif, photographed on a grey card with a number label — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3968. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An oval gem with a dark, polished surface and light engraved lines shows a scene. On the left a figure with a curved neck and spread wing, perhaps a bird, and on the right a branching motif and thin strokes. The gem is mounted on a grey card, with a handwritten number label beneath it.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic