Object photograph·C05837a·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater (J.771)

Pottery Bichrome IV amphora-crater from Idalion, with concentric circles and painted bands on a footed body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05837a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery vessel with a rounded body, a short broken neck and a low ring foot, photographed from the front against a plain light backdrop. The neck carries three concentric-circle motifs, and the shoulder has a band of stacked arcs and a row of chevrons above several dark horizontal bands on the body. A small number card sits at the lower right of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crater, J.771.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Bichrome IV, Amphora-Crator. J.771.

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