Object photograph·C01978·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I bowl (L.428.69)

White Painted I bowl from Lapithos, Kastros tombs, with a checkerboard medallion and concentric painted bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01978. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow vessel with a single loop handle on the right, photographed at an angle against a plain background. The centre has a raised circular medallion filled with a checkerboard of cross-hatched and plain squares, surrounded by several concentric painted bands. The dark paint is worn in places and the rim at upper left is chipped.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Bowl, L.428.69.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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