Object photograph·C04789·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted IV (A.8.III)

Pottery White Painted IV: a two-handled jar with horizontal bands, from the Amathus tombs 1–9 finds — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04789. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large two-handled jar with a wide flat rim, a short neck and a rounded body standing on a low ring foot. The rim has a band of pattern, and dark horizontal bands run around the shoulder and the lower body. The vessel is broken and mended, with cracks across the surface and a large gap in the body to the left of centre, photographed against a pale backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted IV. A.8.III

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted IV. A.8.III

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