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Object photograph·C09913·1927–1931

Pottery Bichrome II jug (St. Hist. Mus. 17946:17)

Pottery Bichrome II jug with dark painted bands and arcs on the shoulder, shown against a grey backdrop
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09913. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery jug with a pinched spout, a tall neck and a single loop handle on the right, photographed alone on a pale surface against a grey backdrop. The globular body has dark horizontal bands and a row of arcs on the shoulder below the neck, and several cracks run across the surface above a low ring foot.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Pottery Bichrome II jug with a single handle and dark painted bands, photographed against a plain background
Description, scan 2
A jug with a tall neck, a single loop handle rising from the rim to the shoulder, and a rounded body on a low ring base. Dark painted bands encircle the neck and body, and the shoulder has an arching linear pattern. Cracks run across the body and the neck is chipped where it joins the shoulder, and the jug stands on a pale surface against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Bichrome II. St. Hist. Mus. 17946:17

Swedish, as on the record

Pottery Bichrome II. St. Hist. Mus. 17946:17