Object photograph·C05684b·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome, plate (A.19.24)

Black Slip Bichrome plate from Amathus, decorated with white concentric circles and radiating bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05684b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow plate in black-slipped pottery seen from above, with two small loop handles projecting from opposite sides of the rim. The centre has concentric white circles on a dark field, surrounded by a ring of white bands and radiating white stripes alternating with panels of triangular hatching and chevrons. A handwritten number label sits in the lower right corner, on a pale card mount.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome, A.19.24.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip Bichrome. A.19.24.

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