Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C08758·1927–1931

Pottery Pithos Ware

Pottery Pithos Ware: large pale jar with grooved arched and horizontal bands, on a white pedestal
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08758. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall jar with a wide flat rim, a short neck and a rounded body narrowing to a base, its pale surface cracked and stained. Raised grooved bands run around the shoulder and belly, with arched grooved bands rising on the sides of the body. It stands on a white pedestal, with a small white number label at the front against a dark background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Pithos Ware.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Pithos Ware.