Object photograph·MMneg770·1927–1931

Find from Cyprus, Cyprus Museum

Ten pale rectangular impressions with stamped designs of figures and signs, arranged on wooden shelves — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, MMneg770. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Ten pale rectangular blocks, each with a shallow impressed design, are arranged in four staggered rows on dark wooden shelves. The designs include small figure-like shapes, rows of signs and linear patterns, though much of the detail is worn and hard to read. The blocks look more like clay impressions than stone, and the photograph is taken straight on.

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.