Object photograph·C05742·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater (S.17.3)

Pottery Bichrome IV amphora-crater with two handles, banded body and ring motifs on neck and shoulder — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05742. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large two-handled vessel with a flat, slightly chipped rim, a short neck and a rounded body narrowing to a footed base. The neck carries thin horizontal bands and a row of dark ring motifs, and the shoulder has a similar row of rings above broad dark bands. Cracks run down the right side of the body, and a number label sits at lower left against a plain background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater, S.17.3.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator. S.17.3.

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