Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn3556·1927–1931

Decorated bowls

Interior of a broken and mended round bowl with a small painted animal figure and dotted concentric arcs.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3556. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round pottery bowl, broken and mended, photographed from above on a dark surface. Its interior bears a small painted animal figure with long legs and a raised neck, and two concentric bands of dotted circles curve across the upper part. Dark gaps and cracks show where fragments are missing or joined.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Decorated bowls.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Decorated bowls.