Object photograph·C01581a·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone (V.1.100)

Stone vase from Vouni with a flat disc-shaped rim and two small lug handles, photographed upright — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01581a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale, pitted stone vessel with a tall, slender body that narrows towards a short neck and a wide, flat, disc-shaped rim at the top. Two small lug handles project from the shoulders on either side, and the base is rounded. The vase is shown upright against a black background on a light card mount, with a printed number label at the lower right.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A tall stone vessel with a broad, flat disc-shaped rim on a short neck. The body swells below the shoulder, where two small lug handles project, then tapers to a rounded base. The pale surface is pitted with dark specks and the vessel is photographed upright against a plain black background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Vouni T. 1-16. Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, V.1.100.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Vouni T. 1-16.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone, V.1.100