Object photograph·C05697·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome V, jug (A.25.17)

Jug in Pottery Bichrome V from Amathus, with a single strap handle and dark painted bands — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05697. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a tall cylindrical neck, a flaring mouth and a single strap handle rising from the shoulder to the rim, standing on a low ring foot. Dark painted bands encircle the neck and the body, with a wavy line on the neck and an irregular dark patch on the lower body. The photograph is mounted on a card with a pale border, and a partly visible number label sits at the lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome V, A.25.17.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome V. A.25.17.

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