Object photograph·C04753a·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip I-VI (A.8.137)

Two-handled Black Slip jar from Amathus, broken and partly reassembled, with grooved bands around its shoulder — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04753a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled vessel with a rounded body, a short ring foot and a dark, smooth surface, shown upright in front view against a pale backdrop. The vessel is broken and reassembled, with missing pieces leaving gaps, and several horizontal grooves run around the upper body between the handles. The two loop handles rise from the shoulders to the rim.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip I-VI, A.8.137.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip I-VI. A.8.137.

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