Object photograph·C04734a·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I Amphora (A. 015:055)

Two-handled pottery amphora with a footed base and dark painted bands, from Amathus. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04734a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled pottery amphora with a rounded body, short neck and low footed base, shown on a plain surface. Its pale surface has dark painted bands around the neck, shoulder and lower body, with thin lines below the main band. Two loop handles rise from the shoulder to the rim, and a diagonal crack runs across the photograph.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Amphora, A.15.55.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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