Object photograph·C09617·1927–1931

Lev. Hell. Sherds

Four pottery sherds, one with painted bands and circular motifs, from the Levanto-Helladic series
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09617. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Four pottery fragments lie spaced apart on a pale background. The largest, at upper right, is a rim and shoulder piece with a flared lip, dark horizontal bands, vertical painted strokes and circular motifs with radiating marks, and a diagonal crack runs across it. The left fragment has dark and light horizontal bands, the centre piece is a plain body sherd with small dark spots, and the lower piece is a base with a dark band above a ring foot.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Lev. Hell. Sherds.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Lev. Hell. Skärvor.