Object photograph·C05835a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater (J.635)

Two-handled painted amphora-crater, Pottery Bichrome IV, with concentric circles on the neck and banded decoration on the body.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05835a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled jar with a short neck and a low foot stands on a pale surface. Concentric circle motifs appear on the neck, and the shoulder has hatched triangles and lozenge panels between dark horizontal bands. Several dark bands run round the body, and a small number card stands at the right beside a partly visible card at the left edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater, J.635.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator. J.635

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)