Object photograph·C02673·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted Wheel-made, jug (A.J.8.24)

Wheel-made jug with a single loop handle and dark painted chevron, lattice and band decoration, from Ayios Iakovos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02673. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wheel-made jug with a tall flaring neck, a single strap handle on the left and a rounded body on a low foot, photographed against a pale plain background. Its pale surface carries dark painted decoration: vertical chevron and lattice panels on the neck, a wavy vertical line at the centre, and bands of triangles and diagonal stripes around the shoulder. A thin crack runs down the neck.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted Wheel-made, A.J.8.24.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted Wheel-made. A.J.8.24.

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