Object photograph·C05716b·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug (A.16.92)

Pottery Bichrome IV jug from Amathus, with dark painted triangles and motifs on a rounded body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05716b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single jug with a rounded body, a tall flaring neck and a strap handle rising from the rim to the shoulder. Dark painted decoration includes hatched triangles on the left, a small loop motif by the rim, and a scattered motif on the right. Several hairline cracks run across the surface, and the jug stands on a pale, plain surface.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug, A.16.92.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Plate - Jug. A.16.92.

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