Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn2972·1927–1931

Photograph of a circle and a bowl, by H. Andersson, 1930

Shallow round bowl with a thick rim, seen from above, beside a graduated ruler.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2972. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A shallow round bowl with a thick, slightly uneven rim is photographed from above on a plain light background. Its grey surface is pitted and encrusted, and the broad inner base sits within a visible ring step. A graduated ruler runs down the left edge to show the scale.

English, translated from the Swedish record

KVHAA archive, photograph by H. Andersson, 1930. The picture shows a circle and a bowl.

Swedish, as on the record

Kvhaa - arkivet, Fot. 1930 H. Andersson.