Object photograph·C05244·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip Ware, amphora (A.J.6.67)

Round-bodied pottery vessel with two loop handles and a dark slipped surface, shown on a small stand. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05244. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied pottery jar with a wide, slightly flaring rim and two loop handles rising from the shoulder to the rim. The surface is dark and slipped, with small pale patches and a single small knob or boss on the body. The vessel stands on a short cylindrical base or stand against a plain pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip Ware, A.J.6.67.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip Ware. A.J.6.67.

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