Object photograph·C04321b·1927–1931

Faience (A. 002:030:027), Amathus

Faience fragment from Amathus: a curved raised element on a block-shaped base, with incised and blue-drawn marks. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04321b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A fragment shown in a close photograph mounted on a pale card. A curved, upright element with rounded lobes rises from a block-shaped base. The lower part has radiating incised lines and chevron-like strokes drawn in blue across its surface, while the upper surface is pale and speckled.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: Two fragments are photographed side by side on a pale grey backdrop. The left fragment is a rounded lower body with a broken top edge and a smooth, pale surface. The right one has a projecting handle-like part with a rounded knob and a band of fan-like and chevron incised decoration below, and a number label sits beneath each fragment.
Description, scan 3: A broken fragment of faience shown alone, with a rounded lower body and a flat, broken projection along the upper left edge. The surface is mottled in soft grey tones, darker toward the right, with a small pale chip on the right side. The photograph is mounted on a pale card, and no clear pattern is distinct in this view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26. Faience, part with a pattern (A. 002:030:027).

Swedish, as on the record

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