Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn1960·1927–1931

Pottery Red-on-Black etc

Fragment of a painted pottery sherd with white stripes on a red-orange ground, mounted on cream card.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1960. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A broken pottery sherd with a sloping upper edge and two raised rim-like ends is shown on a cream card mount. Its red-orange surface carries white vertical stripes, with bands of parallel stripes near the top edges, and a dark crack runs diagonally across it. A pale grey filled area sits along the lower right break, and a handwritten number label is written below the sherd.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red-on-Black etc.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red-on-Black etc.