Field photograph·C08916

Potters' courtyard with new pots, Klirou

Two new clay pots on a wooden table in a village yard, with mud-brick houses behind.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08916. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two new pots stand on a rough wooden table in an open dusty yard. The left pot is a jug with a rounded body, narrow neck and two loop handles, with a band of small marks near the shoulder. The right pot is a wide open bowl with a flat rim, two small lug handles and a short foot. Behind them are mud-brick houses with tiled roofs.

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  • Two new pottery vessels on a wooden table in a village yard, Klirou
  • Two new pottery vessels, a two-handled jug and a wide basin, on a wooden table in a village yard with mud-brick houses behind
Description, scan 2
Two pottery vessels stand on a wooden table in an open yard of bare earth scattered with stones. On the left is a round-bodied jar with two loop handles, a narrow neck and faint dark painted bands near the shoulder. On the right is a wide, deep bowl with a flat rim and two small lug handles, and behind them are low walls with tiled roofs.
Description, scan 3
A two-handled jug with a rounded body and narrow neck stands on the left, with small dotted marks near the shoulder. Beside it on the right sits a wide, deep open basin with thick walls and small lugs at the rim. Both rest on a plank table set in a dusty yard, with mud-brick houses with tiled roofs behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Potters' courtyard, new pots. Cyprus. Crafts. Farmstead F. Plate missing.

Swedish, as on the record

Krukmakargården, nya krukor. Cypern Hantverk. Gård. F Plåt saknas.

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