Object photograph·C04765b·1927–1931

Pottery Plain White IV-V (A.8.40)

Pottery Plain White IV-V jug with a strap handle and a rounded body, from Amathus tombs — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04765b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a narrow neck, a thick rolled rim and a strap handle rising from the rim to the shoulder. The grey-buff surface shows darker patches and faint horizontal grooves around the shoulder, and the flat base stands on a pale surface. It is photographed three-quarter view against a plain light background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Plain White IV-V, A.8.40.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Plain White IV-V. A.8.40.

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