Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·C09847·1927–1931

Stone Age pottery

Two photographs on a printed card of pottery bowls: a tall bowl with dark painted bands and a deep bowl with radiating stripes.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09847. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The card shows two photographs of pottery bowls, each with a printed caption below. The upper bowl is tall with straight, flaring sides and a dark painted pattern of vertical and chevron bands. The lower bowl is deep and rounded with dark diagonal stripes running from its base to its rim, and a small dark marker sits to one side.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery, Stone Age.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik, stenålder.