Object photograph·C01947·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (L.408.7)

White Painted I amphora from Lapithos, with two handles and painted bands on the shoulder — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01947. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a flared rim, a tall neck and a rounded body narrowing to a ring foot, shown upright against a plain background. Dark painted horizontal bands run around the body, with a hatched diamond motif on the shoulder. Cracks and a repaired break run across the body, and a number label sits at the upper left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Amphora, L.408.7.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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