Object photograph·C05836a·1927–1931
Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater (J.1539)

Description
A two-handled vessel with a wide flat rim, a short neck and a rounded body, standing on a low ring foot on a pale surface against a plain grey backdrop. The neck has wavy painted bands, the shoulder has rosette-like panels beside vertical hatched bands, and the body is encircled by thin horizontal lines and a broad dark band. Cracks are visible on the body, and a small label is partly visible at the left edge.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater, J.1539.
Swedish, as on the record
Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator. J.1539.
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)