Object photograph·Csn0986·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus (C.III:VI 2-3 HCC 3390)

Ink drawing of four alabaster vases from Cyprus, each with a number label above it. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0986. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Ink drawing on a sheet showing four vessels set side by side, each with a number label above it. From left: a squat vessel with a short neck; a tall slender vessel tapering to a rounded base; a tall-necked vessel with a panelled globular body and narrow foot; and a wide vessel with a ribbed collar and cable-like band. Handwritten notes appear along the bottom of the sheet.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, C.III:VI 2-3 HCC 3390.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone, C.III:VI 2-3 HCC 3390