Object photograph·C02704a·1927–1931

Pottery Base-Ring Ware (A.J.14.33)

Pottery Base-Ring Ware vessel shaped as a horned animal, with a loop handle arching over its back — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02704a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The vessel is modelled as a four-legged animal with a short muzzle, two upright horns and a rounded eye. A loop handle arches over its back, and the dark surface has pale streaks and stripes along the body. It stands on a pale surface against a light background, shown in a photograph mounted on a card border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Base-Ring Ware, A.J.14.33.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Base-Ring Ware. A.J.14.33.

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