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E. 018 Sk:006 :: crater

Object description: Amphoroid crater. Disc base; incised signs on base and handle consisting of three horizontal strokes crossed by vertical line and horizontal and vertical line on other handle; piriform body; wide, concave neck; sloping rim; wide, flat handles from rim to shoulder. Hard buff clay; lustrous buff slip; lustrous orange-red to black paint; matt light buff details. Base painted, bands encircling lower and mid body. Frieze encircling shoulder and upper body: on each side there are two big bulls facing each other with one small bull below; bulls surrounded by birds, hatched lozenges, lozenges filled with dots and filled lozenges. All bulls are covered with paint except from legs who are decorated with horizontal strokes or no decoration at all; dots or dotted rosettes on paint; long horns and four of them with raised tails; birds painted except the biggest who is decorated with lines.

Data elements
References (9)

Inventory number

E. 018 Sk:006

Serie nummer

968

Object

crater

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Place - Findspot

Enkomi

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

MMs permanent Cyprus Exhibition 1989-2005, showcase 08:15.

- Travelling exhibition 2005-2007.

Context

Tomb 18. Side chamber. Level 78.

Acquisition

SCE 1930.

Time - Acquisition

1931

Description, Swedish

Krater; Krater, detalj

Description

Amphoroid crater. Disc base; incised signs on base and handle consisting of three horizontal strokes crossed by vertical line and horizontal and vertical line on other handle; piriform body; wide, concave neck; sloping rim; wide, flat handles from rim to shoulder. Hard buff clay; lustrous buff slip; lustrous orange-red to black paint; matt light buff details. Base painted, bands encircling lower and mid body. Frieze encircling shoulder and upper body: on each side there are two big bulls facing each other with one small bull below; bulls surrounded by birds, hatched lozenges, lozenges filled with dots and filled lozenges. All bulls are covered with paint except from legs who are decorated with horizontal strokes or no decoration at all; dots or dotted rosettes on paint; long horns and four of them with raised tails; birds painted except the biggest who is decorated with lines.

Period

L.C. II/L.H. III:B1.

Exhibition - Previously

Cypern genom tiderna

Description: New Cypriot gallery.
The Leventis Gallery of Cypriote Antiquities
The island of Cyprus is situated in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, and this location has always made the island a crossroad of peoples, goods and ideas originating in ancient Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Greece.
This exhibition consists of about 1500 archaeological finds, which span more than 7000 years. They testify to an ever increasing intensification of contacts between Cyprus and the outside world, and an unusual open-mindedness towards new ideas and influences.
This not only led to a diversification of religious beliefs, but also resulted in exceptional innovative and unique works of art, that have become a true hallmark of Cyprus.
Most of the items in the exhibition were brought to light at the many sites excavated by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition between 1927 and 1931. The background to the
Swedish Cyprus Expedition is told in the study corner adjacent to the museum café: The A.G. Leventis Gallery of Cypriote Antiquities: the Mezzanine Floor.
In accordance with the practice of the time, the excavation finds were subsequently divided between Sweden and Cyprus with permission from the British colonial
government. (www.medelhavmuseet.se, 2010-09-01)
Time - Start: 2009-01-302009-01-30 [?]

SCE On Tour, 2005-2007

Description: Travelling exhibition, 2005-2007. In Bukarest (and probably more places).
Time - Start: 2005-2005-
Time - End: 2007-2007-

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Cypern genom tiderna - Showcase 10:03.

Event - Was Present At

Samlingsbesök. 2020-01-14. Cypern, inskrifter

Description: SCE tomb 18 potmarksSCE%20tomb%2018%20potmarks

Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931)

Description: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition was a project to systematically investigate the archaeology of the entire early history of Cyprus. It took place between September 1927 and March 1931 and was led by three archaeologists: Einar Gjerstad, Erik Sjöqvist and Alfred Westholm together with architect John Lindros.
Archaeological excavations were made at locations all over Cyprus including Lapithos, Nitovikla, Ajia Irini and Enkomi. The results were published in four volumes from 1934 to 1972. Most of the finds are now kept at the Cyprus Museum; Nicosia and Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm.
In the early 1970s Paul Åström from the University of Gothenburg continued the tradition of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition with his excavations at the ancient city of Hala Sultan Tekke / Dromolaxia-Vizatzia near Larnaca. He concentrated mainly on the investigation of the late history of the city, viz. the later part of Late Cypriote period (Late Bronze Age). After the untimely death of Paul Åström, Peter M. Fischer from the same university received the permission by the Department of Antiquities (2009) to continue the excavations there (2010). The main objective of the first season of the renewed excavations is to investigate the earliest history of the city which seems to have its roots in the Middle Cypriote period (Middle Bronze Age). (wikipedia, 2012-04-23)
Source - http: swedishcyprusexpedition.se, collections.smvk.se, sv.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org

Comments

Flisa 5.

Ett fragment som kan höra till detta kärl förvaras på hylla A.08.E.04

Keyword

ceramics

NegNo

2710D

Publications

- Karageorghis et al., 2003, no. 098.

- SCE I, 555, figs 209:7, 211, pls XC, row 1:4, CXX:2.

- SCE IV:1C, 314, type 55d.

- MedMusM 2, 1977, 31, pl VIII:1, colour plate 1.

- Vermeule, E, Karageorghis, V, ’Mycenaean Pictorial Vase Painting‘, London 1982, 30, fig V:40.

- Hood, S, The arts in prehistoric Greece, 1978, fig 21 B.

- Robertson, N, et al. ‘The Archaeology of Cyprus’, 1975, 164, fig 5.

PhotoNegNo

MMneg 5761-5764; Fdia 193.

Pottery Ware

Mycenaean IIIB

Reference - Published in

Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1934). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 1

Source - http: archive.org, libris.kb.se

Karageorghis, Vassos, Styrenius, Carl-Gustaf & Winbladh, Marie-Louise (1977). Cypriote antiquities in the Medelhavsmuseet, Memoir 2

Source - http: libris.kb.se, books.google.se

Medelhavsmuseet (2003). The Cyprus collections in the Medelhavsmuseet

Source - http: books.google.se, libris.kb.se

Åström, Paul (red.) (1972). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 4. P. 1C The Late Cypriote Bronze Age : architecture and pottery. Lund:

Source - http: libris.kb.se

Temporary exhibition

Vandringsutställning 2005, no 052.

Height / Höjd

51,5 cm

Diameter

34,0 cm; 15,0 cm

Dimensions

H. 51.5. Ø 34.0. Ø of base 15.0.

Condition

Mended. Reconstructed. Worn.

Original register

Cyprus

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