Object photograph·C05246·1927–1931

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater (E.3.262)

Painted amphora-crater from Enkomi, with a dotted boat-like shape and small figures in dark paint on a pale ground — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05246. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A close photograph of a large rounded vessel with its shoulder and part of a handle visible at the top. Dark painted decoration on the pale surface includes a large dotted shape resembling a boat, a row of small figures with raised arms below it, a snake-like motif at the left, a branching plant and several concentric circles. Breaks and joins from the restored sherds run across the surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater, E.3.262.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater. E.3.262.

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