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L. 420:068 :: bowl

Object description: Deep stemmed bowl. Globular body, wide concave neck and flaring rim. Hollow, cylindrical foot with spreading base. Two horizontal loop-handles on body; one surmounted by a bowl-shaped attachment with flaring sides. Decorated in black matt paint. In the handle-zone, a frieze of framed latticed lozenges. Horizontal bands at rim and curve of base. Foot, part of stem and handles are solid-painted. Behind each handle, a broad semicircle, on one side surmounted by a solid painted double axe framed by vertical lines. On the interior, bands at rim and on floor of vessel. The small “bowl” is decorated with radiating bands.

Data elements
References (8)

Inventory number

L. 420:068

Serie nummer

5893

Object

bowl

Object, Swedish

kärl; skål

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Place - Findspot

Lapithos

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Context

Tomb 420. Chamber. Floor.

Acquisition

SCE 1928.

Time - Acquisition

1931

Description

Deep stemmed bowl. Globular body, wide concave neck and flaring rim. Hollow, cylindrical foot with spreading base. Two horizontal loop-handles on body; one surmounted by a bowl-shaped attachment with flaring sides. Decorated in black matt paint. In the handle-zone, a frieze of framed latticed lozenges. Horizontal bands at rim and curve of base. Foot, part of stem and handles are solid-painted. Behind each handle, a broad semicircle, on one side surmounted by a solid painted double axe framed by vertical lines. On the interior, bands at rim and on floor of vessel. The small “bowl” is decorated with radiating bands.

Period

C.G. I. (1050-950 BC)

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-1050

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-950

Event - Was Present At

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

Classified as White Painted I Ware in SCE I. The function of the bowl-shaped attachments on the handles was originally to support the dipper with which liquids were taken from large craters, but gradually it became merely decorative.

Keyword

ceramics

NegNo

Cf Publications

- Gjerstad in Op.Arch. III, fig 1.

- Pieridou, Rythmós, pl 7, 4-9.

Publications

- Karageorghis et al., 2003, no. 132.

- MedMusM 2, 1977, 33, pl XI:2.

- SCE IV:2, fig II:7, bowl 14b.

- SCE I, p 239, 87:12, pls LII, row CXXV:10.

- Bossert, H Th, Altsyrien [...], Tübingen 1951, pl 73:239.

PhotoNegNo

MMneg 5438-5439.

Pottery Ware

Proto-Bichrome

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

Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1948). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 4. P. 2 The Cypro-geometric, Cypro-archaic and Cypro-classical periods.

Source - http: 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

Height / Höjd

16,5 cm

Diameter

14,2 cm

Dimensions

H. 16.5. Ø 14.2.

Condition

Part of rim and body restored. Paint worn in parts.

Original register

Cyprus

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