Object photograph·C05220a·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted IV-V jug (A.J.9.8)

Painted jug with a tall neck, strap handle and dark cross-hatched bands on a pale body, from Ayios Iakovos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05220a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a rounded body, a tall flaring neck and a strap handle running from shoulder to rim. The pale surface is covered with dark painted bands and rectangles filled with cross-hatching, and the neck carries vertical painted strokes. Several cracks run across the body, and the vessel is photographed against a plain light background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted IV-V, A.J.9.8.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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