Object photograph·C00145·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome I, bowl (L.406.20)

Pottery Bichrome I bowl from the Kastros tombs at Lapithos, seen from the side with painted bands and patterned rim — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00145. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery bowl with a wide, flaring upper rim, two small horizontal loop handles and a flat base with concentric marks. Dark painted bands run around the lower body, and the upper rim shows hatched triangles and a chequered pattern. The bowl is shown in close view against a ppale, plain background, with its base at the bottom.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome I, L.406.20.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome I. L.406.20.

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