Object photograph·C01983a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome I, plate (L.420.50)

Round pottery vessel with a pointed spout and handle, painted with radiating dark triangles, from Lapithos Kastros tombs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01983a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round, flat vessel photographed on a pale surface, with a pointed spout projecting to the left and a looped handle to the right. Dark painted triangles radiate from a concentric ring around the edge, and a small central disc carries a cross-like pattern. Fine vertical marks run along the lower rim, and a number label sits in the bottom right corner of the mounted print.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome I, L.420.50.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome I. L.420.50.

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