Object photograph·C03774·1927–1931

Pottery Stroke Polished Ware (B.1877. H.027)

Black-burnished jug with a tall neck, single strap handle and stroke-polished surface, photographed against a plain background. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C03774. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a narrow, tall neck, a flattened rim and a single strap handle rising from shoulder to rim. The surface shows dense vertical stroke-polish marks in a dark, lustrous finish, and the jug stands on a low, ring-shaped foot on a pale surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Stroke Polished Ware. Cyprus Museum. B.1877. H.027.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Stroke Polished Ware. Cyprus Museum. , B.1877. H.027