Object photograph·Csn1947·1927–1931

Pottery Black-on-Red I-III (L.403.8)

Pottery jug from Lapithos with a beaked spout and strap handle — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1947. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round-bodied jug with a tall neck, a pinched beaked spout and a tall strap handle rising from the shoulder to the rim. Several fine horizontal grooves run around the upper body, and the surface shows some wear and dark marks. The jug stands on a low ring foot on a plain surface, with a number label at lower left and a second label at lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Black-on-Red I-III, L.403.8.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Black-on-Red I-III. L.403.8

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