BILDER

cylinder seal, impression

Föremål

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Upphovsman: <presImageByline>Kaneberg, Ove
Upphovsrätt: <presImageCopyright> Statens museer för världskultur
Licens: <mediaLicense> Licens
Typ <itemType> Objekt/föremål
Datering <presTimeLabel> L.C. II. (1450-1200 BC)
Plats <presPlaceLabel> Europa, Cypern, Ajios Jakovos
Description <itemDescription>
  • Cylinder seal of haematite with flanged gold caps; pierced longitudinally for suspension; incised decoration. Four large figures arranged as confronting pairs (probably gods and demons worshipping) with small figures between; vertical, cuneiform inscriptions on one side: letters not reversed on seal thus producing reversed letters on impression - suggests that seal was carved beyond cuneiform orbi... Visa hela
Inventory number <itemDescription>
Acquisition <itemDescription>
Comments <itemDescription>
  • Babylonian? (Suspected by Eva Toivonen in 1990’s to be a copy, with the original in Cyprus Museum? Not marked as copy? Check!)
    Åström 1974 = L.C. IIA2.

Condition <itemDescription>
  • Intact. The gold is worn in places.
Exhibitions <itemDescription>
  • Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenburg, Cypern - motsättningarnas ö, 1974-10-20 - 1975-01-06.
Publications <itemDescription>
  • - SCE I, 253f, 576f, fig 216-217.
    - SCE IV:1D, 630, 671, fig 83:31.
    - MedMusM 2, 1977, 48, pl XLI:1.
    - AJA LII, 1948, 197, pl 8:12.

Context <itemDescription>
  • Bronze Age Sanctuary.
Utställning / ingår i <itemDescription>
Exhibition / Previously <itemDescription>
Country / Findspot <itemDescription>
Exhibition, Part of / Current <itemDescription>
  • Guldrummet 2022, Cypern
Exhibition, Part of / Previously <itemDescription>
  • Guldrummet - Showcase 11:02.
Loan out / Previously <itemDescription>
Loan out / Previously <itemDescription>
Name / Loantaker <itemDescription>
  • Helsingfors Nationalmuseum
Name / Loantaker <itemDescription>
  • Jyväskylä Centralmuseum
Description, Swedish <itemDescription>
Description, Swedish <itemDescription>
  • Sigill med guld, detalj. Utfällning?
Description, Swedish <itemDescription>
Referens, publicerad i <itemDescription>
  • Åström, Paul & Åström, Lena (red.) (1972). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 4. P. 1D The Late Cypriote Bronze Age : other arts and crafts. L... Visa hela
Referens, publicerad i <itemDescription>
  • Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1934). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 1
Referens, publicerad i <itemDescription>
  • Karageorghis, Vassos, Styrenius, Carl-Gustaf & Winbladh, Marie-Louise (1977). Cypriote antiquities in the Medelhavsmuseet, Memoir 2
Händelse <context>
  • Brukad L.C. II. (1450-1200 BC).
  • Funnen i Ajios Jakovos, Cypern, Europa.
  • Förvärvad 1931 .
Material, engelska<itemMaterial>
Haematite
Gold
Metal
Material<itemMaterial>
Metall
Nyckelord <itemKeyWord>
  • L.C. II. (1450-1200 BC)
  • Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
  • Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931)
Mått <itemMeasurement>
  • Height / Höjd: 3,4 cm.
  • Length / Längd: 3,3 cm.
  • Diameter: 1,1 cm. roll
  • Diameter: 1,5 cm. ends
Object<itemName>
cylinder seal
impression
Ämne <subject>
  • Kulturhistoria
Inventory number <itemNumber>
Rättigheter för metadata <itemLicense> Licens
Källa <presOrganization> Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
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