Object photograph·C04751·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip I-VI (A.11.51)

Two-handled Black Slip I-VI vessel from Amathus, photographed on a pale background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04751. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a wide, slightly flared mouth, a rounded body and a low ring foot, standing on a pale surface against a plain grey backdrop. Its dark surface is worn and speckled with pale patches, and the vertical handles rise from the rim down to the shoulder. Faint vertical lines run down the body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip I-VI, A.11.51.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip I-VI. A.11.51.

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