Object photograph·C04082h·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone

Elongated banded stone vase from Cyprus with wavy dark and pale stripes — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04082h. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A smooth, elongated object of banded stone, rounded at both ends and wider in the middle, shown horizontally. Wavy dark and pale bands run along its length, bending sharply in the centre. The left end shows a pale, chipped area and a shallow opening, and a small hole or recess is visible at the right end.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone