Object photograph·C02608·1927–1931

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater (E.11.33)

Amphora-crater of Levanto-Helladic Ware with two handles and painted dark motifs and bands on the body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02608. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a wide mouth, rounded body and flared foot, photographed against a plain grey background. The shoulder carries a frieze of dark painted shapes, including a large dark motif with a curved tail, a dotted panel and a round disc, above a row of loop or spiral motifs. Horizontal dark and light bands run around the lower body and foot, and the neck is largely plain.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater, E.11.33.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater. E.11.33.

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