Object photograph·Csn1027·1927–1931

Stone, amphoriskos (L.420.45)

Field drawing of a stone amphoriskos from the Lapithos Kastros tombs, with two small handles and banded decoration.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1027. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Ink drawing of a rounded vessel with a wide flat-topped rim, two small lugs on the shoulders and a splayed foot. Bands of cross-hatching, short upright strokes and diagonal lines cover the body, with vertical ribbed panels below a horizontal band. A handwritten number label lies beneath the drawing, which is set on a pale card.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Stone, L.420.45.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Stone, L.420.45

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)