Object photograph·Csn1897·1927–1931

Pottery Red Polished I (Vounous 160A 22,11)

Dark clay animal figure with four tapering legs, a long snout and a short tail, from Vounous. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1897. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The animal figure stands on four tapering legs, with a long snout pointing right and a short upturned tail at the rear. Its dark, smooth surface shows small pricked holes along the back and two on the head, and a rounded ear or horn projects above the head. A chequered scale bar sits at the right edge, and the figure is photographed against a plain pale background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Polished I Stewart, Vounous 160A 22,11.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Keramik.

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