Object photograph·C00153·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (L.406.59)

White Painted I amphora from Lapithos, Kastros tombs, with two handles and painted bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00153. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled pottery vessel with a rounded body, a short footed base and a broken patch on the neck near the rim. The shoulder carries triangular panels filled with a chequered pattern, and the body has several horizontal dark bands. It stands on a pale surface against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Amphora, L.406.59.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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