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Object photograph·C02175b·1927–1931

Pottery from Marion Tomb 47

Pottery from Marion Tomb 47: jugs, bowls and large jars arranged in rows on a pale cloth
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02175b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Five large jars stand in a top row, two of them with lids and three with handles at the shoulder. A tall vessel with horizontal bands stands at the centre of the middle row, flanked by smaller jugs, a few bowls and dark-coloured bowls. Further rows of bowls, small jugs and two large handled jugs stand on the pale cloth below.

English, translated from the original record

Pottery from Tomb 47 at Marion, showing jugs and bowls.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)