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Object photograph·C09944·1927–1931

Pottery Black-on-Red III_V - V_VII (St.Hist.Mus.17946:88.87)

Two painted pottery jugs with a single handle, decorated with black concentric circles and horizontal bands.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09944. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two round-bodied jugs with tall narrow necks and single loop handles stand side by side against a pale backdrop. Each has black painted decoration: several horizontal bands around the shoulder, a large dark roundel with concentric circles at the centre of the body, and smaller concentric circles scattered over the surface.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Two painted jugs with single loop handles, decorated with concentric circles and horizontal bands
Description, scan 2
Two round-bodied jugs stand side by side on a pale surface against a plain backdrop. Each has a tall narrow neck, a pinched spout and a single loop handle. The bodies carry dark painted concentric circles, horizontal bands around the shoulder and a wide ring running around the body, and both show some surface wear.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black-on-Red III_V - V_VII. St.Hist.Mus.17946:88.87

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black-on-Red III_V - V_VII. St.Hist.Mus.17946:88.87