Object photograph·MMneg768·1927–1931

Find from Cyprus, Cyprus Museum

Fifteen rectangular cylinder-seal impressions with carved figures and patterns, arranged in rows on wooden shelves — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, MMneg768. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Fifteen rectangular impressions in rows of three are set out against dark wooden shelves. Each carries raised or incised figures, animals, rows of motifs and geometric patterns, some with several figures in a band. The pale, slightly chipped material looks like plaster or clay rather than stone.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Stone with a pattern, a find from Cyprus, in the Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Cypern, Cyprus Museum.