Object photograph·C01967a·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I Jug (L.408.63)

White Painted I jug from Lapithos, Kastros tombs, with a globular body, strap handle and painted bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01967a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A globular jug with a short cylindrical neck, a strap handle rising from the rim to the shoulder and a flaring foot. Several thin horizontal bands of lines circle the body, with a dark band under the neck and a dark lower body. It stands on a light surface against a plain backdrop, with a handwritten number at top left and a small number label at bottom right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Jug, L.408.63.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted I Jug. L.408.63.

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