Object photograph·C04901·1927–1931

Pottery Black Figured Ware (A.5.I.)

Black-figure pottery flask from Amathus with a painted scene of a figure and a shield — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04901. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall flask with a narrow neck, flared lip and footed base, photographed upright against a pale background. The body carries a painted scene in dark silhouette: a figure in profile at the centre, a rounded shield at the left edge, and a band of ornament above the lower body. The surface shows pale flaking and cracks.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Figured Ware. A.5.I.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Figured Ware. A.5.I.

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