Object photograph·C05710·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III, bottle (A.7.127)

Pottery Bichrome III bottle from Amathus with two handles and concentric circles on its round body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05710. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied bottle with a tall, flaring neck and rim, and two loop handles rising from the shoulder to the neck. The body is decorated with dark concentric rings around a central dark disc with a small pale circle at its centre, and the rim and handles have dark banding. It stands on a blue-grey support against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III, A.7.127.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. A.7.127.

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