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Object photograph·Csn1989·1927–1931

Pottery Red Polished III amphora

Pottery Red Polished III amphora with a tall neck, rounded body and pale banded and hatched decoration, shown against a grey background.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1989. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A pottery vessel shown alone against a pale grey background, with a tall, slightly flared neck, a bulbous body and a narrow base. Its dark surface carries pale lines: horizontal bands around the neck and shoulder and rows of diagonal hatched strokes across the body.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery Red Polished III Amphora. Cesn. Atlas II, Pl. XCVII, 829.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Pottery Red Polished III Amphora. Cesn. Atlas II, Pl. XCVII, 829.