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NM Ant 1581 :: amphora

Object description: Amphora with string-hole projections. Splaying rim; wide somewhat tapering neck. Globular body. Two small ear handles on each shoulder. Decoration: three incised lines encircling shoulder and angle between shoulder and neck. Short incised vertical lines form a pattern between two of the lines.

Data elements
References (2)

Inventory number

NM Ant 1581

Serie nummer

7384

Object

amphora

Object, Swedish

amfora

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Place - Findspot

Kourion [?]

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Deposit from the National Museum. Gift from Charles Watkins, Swedish Consul in Larnaca, Cyprus, in 1890.

Description

Amphora with string-hole projections. Splaying rim; wide somewhat tapering neck. Globular body. Two small ear handles on each shoulder. Decoration: three incised lines encircling shoulder and angle between shoulder and neck. Short incised vertical lines form a pattern between two of the lines.

Period