Object photograph·C05748·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome III, amphora (S.13.10)

Pottery Bichrome III amphora with two handles, painted checkered lozenge panel on the neck and dark horizontal bands on the body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05748. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled amphora with a wide flat rim, photographed upright on a plain surface against a pale backdrop. The neck carries a large lozenge panel of checkered squares flanked by vertical hatched bands, and the body has broad dark horizontal bands below the shoulder. Hairline cracks run across the body and a small number label sits at the lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome III, S.13.10.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome III. S.13.10.

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