Object photograph·Csn0989·1927–1931

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone (AJ.27136 Vol.IV:2)

Pen drawing of a squat alabaster vessel with a wide mouth, from Cyprus — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0989. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Pen-and-ink drawing of a squat, rounded vessel seen slightly from above, with a wide, shallow mouth at the top. The body is covered in dense cross-hatched shading, leaving a pale unshaded patch on the lower right side. A number label is written at the top of the card, and handwritten notes appear along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Alabaster vases from Cyprus, Semiprecious Stone, AJ.27136 Vol.IV:2.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Alabastervaser från Cypern, Semiprecious Stone, AJ.27136 Vol.IV:2