Object photograph·C04273·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone (A. 026.4)

Alabaster vases from Amathus: one large lidded stone jar with two small handles, flanked by three smaller broken vessels — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04273. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large cylindrical stone vessel with a flat lid and a rounded knob, two small handles on the shoulders and pale banded veining, stands at the centre on a light cloth. Three smaller vessels are grouped around it: a juglet with a flared rim and ring foot at the left, and two broken vessels with cracked walls on the right. A small dark round object lies near the left base, and handwriting is visible along the bottom edge of the mount.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A stone vessel with a wide body that narrows towards the base, two small lug handles on the shoulders, and a rounded lid with a flat rim. The surface shows pale and dark banding and mottled markings, with faint horizontal tooling bands below the shoulder. It stands on a light cloth, with part of another vessel at the right edge and a small dark object at the lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, A. 026.4. Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone, A. 026.4

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Amathus T. 2-26.