Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·F158·1927–1931

Cypro.Hell.I, Pottery Red Figured Ware, Pottery White Grounded Ware

Four vessels in a row on white cloth: a tall white-ground lekythos, a black juglet, a slender banded vessel and a small juglet.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, F158. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Four pottery vessels stand in a row on a draped white cloth, decreasing in height from left to right. The tall left vessel has a white body with a meander band and black neck and foot; the second is black with a worn painted scene and a number label on its neck. The third is slender and black with cross-hatching, set on a wire stand, and the fourth is a small handled juglet with a dotted checker pattern.

Other scans of this record (4)

  • Jug with a flared mouth, one handle and a dotted lattice pattern on the body
  • Tall narrow vessel with a flared rim, banded painted decoration, a meander band and lattice pattern, standing on a wire stand
  • Tall pottery vessel with a flared mouth, one loop handle and painted figures, photographed on a mounted card
  • White-ground pottery vessel with a black neck and handle and a key pattern band at the shoulder
Description, scan 2
A single small jug with a flared mouth, a tall neck and one vertical loop handle rising from the shoulder. The rounded body is decorated with a diagonal lattice of dark lines with white dots at the crossings, and the vessel stands on a low flat base. The print is mounted on a cream card with a border and a number label in the lower corner.
Description, scan 3
A photograph of a single tall vessel with a narrow neck, a flared rim and a rounded base, shown upright on a thin wire stand with three hooked feet. The body has horizontal bands, a meander band around the middle and a diamond lattice pattern between the bands. The print is mounted on a card with a border and a handwritten note along the bottom edge.
Description, scan 4
A single tall pottery vessel with a flared mouth, narrow neck and loop handle on one side, standing on a flat ring foot. The dark body carries a band of pale painted figures, much of the paint flaked away, and several horizontal bands lower down. A small number label is attached to the neck, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a pale border.
Description, scan 5
A pottery vessel with a tall narrow neck, a flared mouth and a loop handle stands upright on a round foot against a draped white backdrop. The body has a white ground, a band of key pattern below the shoulder, and a faded painted figure, while the lower body and foot are black. The print is mounted on a grey card with handwritten marks along the bottom edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Four objects. Cypro.Hell.I. Cyprus Museum. Pottery Red Figured Ware. Cyprus Museum. Pottery White Grounded Ware. Cyprus Museum. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Fyra föremål: Cypro.Hell.I. Cyprus Museum, Pottery Red Figured Ware. Cyprus Museum, Pottery White Grounded Ware. Cyprus Museum.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen, Cyprus Museum.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)