Object photograph·C05439·1927–1931

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater (E.11.33)

Painted amphora-crater from Enkomi with curving dark motifs on the shoulder and banded lower body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05439. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large vessel with a wide flaring rim and rounded body narrowing to a footed base, photographed from the front with one vertical handle rising to the rim. The shoulder and upper body carry dark painted motifs of curving forms, fan-like wavy lines and small circles, above horizontal bands near the base. The vessel stands on a draped cloth, supported by wooden blocks.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater, E.11.33.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Levanto-Helladic Ware Amphora-Crater. E.11.33.

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