Object photograph·C01933·1927–1931

Pottery Black-on-Red I-III (L.410.5)

Round-bodied jug with a strap handle and dark painted bands, from the Kastros tombs at Lapithos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01933. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a tall flaring neck and a single strap handle rising from the shoulder to the rim. The body is decorated with several horizontal bands of dark paint and arcs of dark lines over the shoulder, with a dark mark on one side. It stands on a low ring foot against a plain light background, photographed from a slight angle.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black-on-Red I-III, L.410.5.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black-on-Red I-III. L.410.5.

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