Object photograph·C05438·1927–1931

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater. Lev. Hell

Levanto-Helladic amphora-crater, broken and mended, with dark painted horizontal bands on a round body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05438. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large round-bodied vessel with a wide mouth and a single strap handle on the left side. Dark horizontal painted bands run around the body and base, and several cracks show where it has been broken and mended. The vessel stands on a draped light cloth, with a flat piece of wood-grained board beside it at left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater. Lev. Hell.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater. Lev. Hell