Object photograph·C02680b·1927–1931

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Bowl-Jar, pithoid jar (A.J.8.56)

Levanto-Helladic Ware bowl-jar from Ayios Iakovos, with a footed base, handles and pale painted bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02680b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery jar with a wide flat-topped rim, short neck and rounded body stands on a narrow flaring foot against a plain pale background. A loop handle rises on the right shoulder and a small lug sits on the left. Thin pale bands encircle the neck, shoulder and lower body, with a broad plain band across the middle.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Bowl-Jar, A.J.8.56.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Bowl-Jar. A.J.8.56.

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