Object photograph·C01963a·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip Ware (L.402.13)

Black Slip Ware jug with a looped handle and vertically grooved body, from Lapithos, Kastros tombs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01963a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single jug photographed in side view against a pale background with a horizon line behind it. It has a tall looped handle rising from the rim to the shoulder, a flaring pinched mouth, a rounded body with vertical grooves, and a low flat foot. The surface is dark and mottled, with lighter patches across the body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip Ware, L.402.13.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip Ware. L.402.13.

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