Object photograph·C05786·1927–1931

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome, plate (A.7.136)

Black Slip Bichrome plate from Amathus, seen from above, with radiating painted bands, concentric circles and two loop handles — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05786. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow round plate with two small loop handles, one on each side, photographed from above against a plain light background. The interior is painted with dark radiating bands and light stripes, a ring of concentric circles at the centre, and zigzag-patterned bands near the rim. A crack runs diagonally across the vessel, and a small number label is attached at the lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black Slip Bichrome, A.7.136.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black Slip Bichrome. A.7.136.

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