Object photograph·C05687d·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted I amphora (A.22.1)

Small bird-shaped clay vessel with a loop handle and painted bands, from Amathus tombs 10–26 — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05687d. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A clay vessel shaped like a bird, with a short cylindrical neck rising from the back, a loop handle arching from the back to the head, and three short feet beneath. The surface has dark painted bands and a zigzag band around the body, and a crack with a repaired area runs across the body. A number label sits at the right beside the object against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted I amphora, A.22.1.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen.

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