Object photograph·C05701a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome I, jug (A.24.3)

Pottery Bichrome I jug from Amathus with dark horizontal bands and a loop handle, photographed against a plain background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05701a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A jug with a wide rounded body, a tall neck with a broken, uneven rim and a loop handle rising from the rim to the shoulder. Several dark horizontal bands run around the neck and body, with a dense group of bands near the widest part. The jug is propped on small stone blocks against a plain pale background, with a number label standing at the left edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome I, A.24.3.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome I. A.24.3.

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