Object photograph·C09922b·1927–1931

Amphoriskos, Stat. Hist. Mus. Inv. No. 17 983

Small two-handled vessel with a ring foot and dark painted bands and strokes on the body — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09922b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small two-handled vessel with a narrow mouth, a rounded body and a low ring foot, photographed upright on a plain light background. Dark painted bands and a worn, irregular pattern of strokes run around the body, and paint has flaked away in places, especially on the foot. The photograph is mounted on a card with handwritten notes along the lower edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Stat. Hist. Mus. Inv. No. 17 983. 17946:31

Swedish, as on the record

Stat. Hist. Mus. Inv. No. 17 983. 17946:31