Object photograph·C09840·1927–1931

Stone Age pottery

Pottery vessel with a tall pointed neck, a single loop handle and a wide flat base, shown in a photo mounted on a printed page — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09840. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The vessel stands on a wide, flat base, and its body narrows upward into a tall, pointed neck. A single loop handle curves out from the shoulder and back to the body, and the surface is dark and mottled with a faint crack down one side. The photograph is mounted on a grey card with a decorative border and a printed caption beneath.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery, Stone Age.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik, stenålder.