Object photograph·C00131·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (L.413.37)

White Painted I amphora from Lapithos, Kastros tombs, with dark painted bands and three handles — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00131. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall vessel with a flared rim and narrow neck, photographed at three-quarter view against a plain grey backdrop. A vertical strap handle rises from the shoulder to the neck, with a loop handle on each side of the shoulder. Dark painted bands circle the neck, shoulder and body, and crescent-shaped motifs hang beneath the central handle; a handwritten number appears at top left and a printed label at bottom right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I amphora, L.413.37.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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