Object photograph·C01951b·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I Amphora (L.408.18)

Two-handled pottery vessel with dark painted bands and a triangular pattern on the shoulder, shown in front view — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01951b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a rounded body, a broad rim and a short footed base, photographed front-on on a pale surface against a plain backdrop. The rim is chipped along its top edge, and two loop handles rise from the shoulder to the rim. Dark painted bands encircle the neck and body, with a row of triangular painted motifs between bands on the shoulder and pairs of thin pale lines on the lower body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Amphora, L.408.18.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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