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Object photograph·C09924b·1927–1931

Pottery White Painted IV jug (St.Hist.Mus.17946:39)

Pottery White Painted IV jug with a high loop handle and concentric circles painted on its round body
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09924b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a flared spout, a tall neck and a strap handle rising from the shoulder to the rim. The pale surface carries dark painted bands around the neck and shoulder and a large group of concentric circles at the centre of the body, with fine parallel lines and bands around the belly. The jug stands on a small foot against a plain grey backdrop.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Pottery White Painted IV jug with a round body, tall neck and strap handle, decorated with concentric circles and bands.
Description, scan 2
A round-bodied jug with a flared mouth, narrow neck and a single strap handle rising from the rim to the shoulder. The pale surface carries dark painted bands around the neck and shoulder, a group of fine parallel lines around the body and a large concentric-circle motif at the centre of the belly. The jug stands on a small foot against a plain grey backdrop.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery White Painted IV. St.Hist.Mus.17946:39.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery White Painted IV. St.Hist.Mus.17946:39