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Object photograph·C05147·1927–1931

Stone Age Pottery, Painted Ware

Stone Age Pottery, Painted Ware: several dark pottery sherds laid out on a pale background
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05147. Public domain (CC0).

Description

About fifteen pottery sherds are arranged in a loose grid across a pale, plain background, photographed from above. The fragments vary in size and outline, with dark surfaces marked by pale streaks, bands and scratch-like lines. Some sherds are broken edges and others show curved or flat faces.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery, Stone Age. Stone Age Pottery, Painted Ware.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik, stenålder.