Object photograph·C04403c·1927–1931

Pottery White Grounded Ware. Nicosia Afbi

Pottery sherd with a stepped band pattern above and a painted head in profile facing left
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04403c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery sherd photographed on a plain pale background, with a band of stepped key-like pattern across the top and two horizontal bands below it. Beneath the pattern is a painted human head in profile facing left, with short dark curled hair and a small ear. The paint is flaking in places, and the lower edge of the sherd is broken, so the figure's body is cut off.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Grounded Ware. Nicosia Afbi.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Grounded Ware. Nicosia Afbi