Object photograph·C04734·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (A. 015:051)

Pottery vessel with a single handle and dark painted bands, from Amathus tombs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04734. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pale clay vessel with a single loop handle rising from the shoulder to a flaring rim, a dark painted band below the neck and several thin dark bands across the rounded body. The surface is pitted and cracked, especially on the shoulder, and the vessel stands on a small ring foot on a pale surface. The torn corner of the card mount is visible at the lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I amphora, A.15.51.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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