Object photograph·C01952·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome II (L.408.5)

Two-handled pottery vessel from Lapithos, seen from above, with dark painted concentric rings and a radiating pattern in the centre. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01952. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow, two-handled vessel is photographed from above on a pale surface. Its pale body has dark painted concentric rings around a central motif of radiating dark and light segments. Thin cracks run across the body, and the strap handles rise from the sides of the rim.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A round, shallow vessel with two loop handles projecting from opposite sides, its surface decorated in dark paint with concentric circles, arcs and triangular hatched motifs on a light clay ground. The vessel has been broken and pieced together, with pale filler visible along the joins. It rests on a pale surface against a light backdrop, with a small loose cord or string near its lower left edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome II. L.408.5.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome II. L.408.5.