Object photograph·C04794·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III (A.11.89)

Pottery Bichrome III vessel from Amathus, seen from above, with two loop handles and a pinwheel pattern in the centre — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04794. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow round vessel photographed from above on a pale ground, with two horizontal loop handles projecting to left and right. The centre has a raised boss painted with a dark and light pinwheel of wedges, ringed by several dark concentric bands on the body. The grey-buff surface shows a crack running down the right side and some speckling.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III, A.11.89.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. A.11.89.

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