Object photograph·C01950·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (L.408.74)

White Painted I amphora from Lapithos, with two handles and a painted diamond motif on the neck — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01950. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a rounded body, a wide flared mouth and a short footed base, photographed against a plain backdrop. The neck carries vertical bands of cross-hatching flanking a diamond-shaped panel of checkered squares, with a dark band below it. The lower body is plain, with horizontal dark lines near the base, and the handles rise from the shoulder to the rim.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I amphora, L.408.74.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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