Object photograph·C04764·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII (A.8.7.C.4764)

Pottery juglet with a strap handle, leaning on a lump of soil, from Amathus — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04764. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery juglet with a flared mouth, a strap handle rising from the rim to the shoulder and a rounded body. Faint horizontal grooves run around the body, and a sharp broken edge is visible at the lower left. The vessel is propped against a rough lump of earth on a plain pale background, and no clear red painted decoration can be seen in this photograph.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII. A.8.7.C.4764.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Biochrome-Red I_IV - IV_VII. A.8.7.C.4764.

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