Object photograph·C05426b·1927–1931

Pottery from Marion Tomb 70: bowl and jug

Pottery jug with a single loop handle and a footed bowl with two small handles, photographed side by side. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05426b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two pottery vessels are shown side by side against a plain light background. On the left is a round-bodied jug with a tall neck and a single loop handle, with visible cracks across its shoulder and body. On the right is a footed bowl with two small horizontal handles and broad dark bands around its upper and lower body.

English, translated from the original record

Pottery from Marion, Tomb 70: bowl and jug.

Type: Object photograph
Number: C05426b (also C02161, C08804)
Date: 1927–1931 (not dated individually: the span of the collection)
Find context: 1929 (Marion/Polis necropoleis (Tombs 1-98: Sikarka-Kokkina, Potamos tou Myrmikof, Evrethades, Kaparka): March to July 1929; sources differ)
Site: Marion
Excavation: Marion: the Swedish Cyprus Expedition
Tomb: Marion, SCE Tomb 70
Objects shown: M. 070:001 (bowl), M. 070:002 (jug)
Published as a plate in: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus 1927-1931, Vol. II (text), Pl. LXXIV.2 (probably)
Holder's label: Marion T. 61-98. Marion, Tomb 70. Pottery.
Materials: glass negative, black-and-white print
Keywords: pot, pots, pattern
Held by: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Licence: Public domain (CC0) (our English text: CC BY 4.0)

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)