Object photograph·C05826a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater (J.566)

Pottery Bichrome IV amphora-crater from Idalion, with a flared rim and bands of zigzag patterning on the shoulder — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05826a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery jar with a flared rim, a narrow neck and a wide rounded body standing on a ring foot, photographed from the front against a plain background. A wavy line runs around the neck, and a band of zigzag and cross-hatched triangles encircles the shoulder, with a crack running down the neck. A number label is visible at the lower right of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater, J.566.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator. J.566.

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