Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn2326·1927–1931

Sand-core glass

Sand-core glass vessel with white feathered and banded trails, neck broken away
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2326. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An ovoid sand-core glass vessel with a broken neck at the top and a small rounded foot at the base. The dark body is decorated with white feathered loops over the shoulder and horizontal white bands near the base, and the wall has several holes and fractures. A measuring scale stands at the left for size against a plain grey background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Sand-core glass.

Swedish, as on the record

Sandvärmeglas