Object photograph·C00196·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (L.417.60)

Two-handled White Painted I amphora from Lapithos with a flaring neck and painted bands and wavy lines — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00196. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled pottery jar with a wide flaring rim, a short cylindrical neck and a rounded body on a low ring base. Dark painted bands run around the shoulder and lower body, with a wavy line between them, and a small knob sits at the base of the neck. The vessel stands on a pale surface against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I amphora, L.417.60.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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