Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn3547·1927–1931

Decorated bowls (Met.Mus.4553)

Metal bowl seen from above, its interior decorated with incised animal friezes and concentric bands of dots.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3547. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round metal bowl with a dark, encrusted rim is photographed from above on a pale background. The pale, corroded interior is engraved with concentric bands of dotted circles that divide it into zones. A large animal resembling a bull stands at the centre, and smaller incised animals with legs and heads appear in the outer bands.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Decorated bowls. Met.Mus.4553.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Decorated bowls. Met.Mus.4553.