Object photograph·MMneg769·1927–1931

Find from Cyprus, Cyprus Museum

Rows of pale rectangular seal impressions with carved figures and animals, arranged on a dark board. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, MMneg769. Public domain (CC0).

Description

More than a dozen rectangular pale slabs are arranged in five rows against a dark wooden background. Each carries a band of small incised or relief figures, including human-like figures, animals and abstract signs, with the designs running along the length of each piece. Some slabs are chipped at the edges.

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.