Object photograph·C04800·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III (A.18:5)

Pottery Bichrome III jug from Amathus, with painted bands and concentric circles on its body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04800. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A one-handled jug with a wide, rounded body, tall neck and flared rim, shown against a plain backdrop. Dark painted bands run around the neck, shoulder and body, and a large central motif of concentric circles sits on the side, with two smaller concentric circles above it. The vessel has a low ring foot and a crack across the neck, and the photograph is mounted on a card with handwritten labels below.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III, A.18:5.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. A.18:5

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