Object photograph·C05167·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (L.417.128)

White Painted I amphora from the Lapithos Kastros tombs, with decorated body and three splayed feet — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05167. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery vessel with a wide flared rim and short neck, standing on three splayed feet. The body is decorated with bands of dark cross-hatched diamonds and vertical lines painted on a light surface, and cracks run across the sides. It is photographed against a plain grey backdrop, viewed slightly from above and at an angle.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I Amphora, L.417.128.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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