Object photograph·C01954·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I Amphora (L.408.76)

White Painted I amphora from Lapithos with two handles and dark painted bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01954. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled pottery vessel with a wide flaring rim, a tall narrow neck and a rounded body narrowing to a low ring foot. Dark horizontal bands and fine parallel lines are painted on the neck and body, with faint hatched marks on the shoulder. The jar stands on a pale surface against a plain light backdrop, photographed from the front.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Amphora, L.408.76.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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