Object photograph·C01985a·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip Ware (L.401.80)

Black Slip Ware two-handled vessel from Lapithos, Kastros tombs, shown against a plain background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01985a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark two-handled vessel with a flaring rim, narrow neck, rounded body and a low ring foot, standing on a pale surface. Bands of incised or ribbed decoration run around the upper body, with vertical striations on the lower body. A pale chipped patch shows near the base, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a thin border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip Ware, L.401.80.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip Ware. L.401.80

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