Object photograph·C05621·1927–1931

Pottery Polychrome Lustrous Foreign, jug (A.7.129)

Jug from Amathus with dark painted concentric circles and a loop handle, photographed on a mount — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05621. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a tall, flaring neck, ridged at the rim and at the base of the neck, and a single loop handle running from shoulder to neck. Dark painted concentric circles and arcs cover the body, and cracks run across the surface. Pale blue supports sit under the base on a plain surface against a grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Polychrome Lustrous Foreign, A.7.129.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Polychrome Lustrous Foreign. A.7.129.

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