Object photograph·C02704b·1927–1931

Pottery Base-Ring Ware (A.J.14.30)

Small dark pottery vessel shaped as a standing bull, with a loop handle over its back, from Ayios Iakovos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02704b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small dark pottery vessel in the form of a standing bull, with two upright horns, a spiral-marked eye and a short muzzle. A loop handle arches from the back up to the top of the head, and the four legs are short and tapering. The surface is dark and slightly mottled, shown against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Base-Ring Ware, A.J.14.30.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Base-Ring Ware. A.J.14.30

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