Object photograph·C05778·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome II, plate (A.7.253)

Plate with two loop handles, its interior painted with concentric rings, radiating spokes and chevrons in dark paint — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05778. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow plate with a pale body and a loop handle on each side, photographed from above on a light surface. Its interior is painted in dark bands, with a central set of concentric circles, radiating spokes and triangular chevrons around them. Several cracks run across the vessel, the rim is chipped in places, and a number label sits at the left edge, partly cut off by the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome II, A.7.253.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome II. A.7.253.

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