Object photograph·C06634·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, alabastron (V.457)

Alabaster alabastron from Cyprus: a tall, narrow stone vessel with a flared rim, photographed upright against a pale background — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06634. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall, narrow stone vessel with a broad flared rim and short neck, shown upright against a pale backdrop. Its surface is mottled grey and white, with blue lines tracing cracks across the body, and a small handwritten number label sits at the lower left of the print. A dark, blurred shape appears at the left edge of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, V.457.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone, V.457

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