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MM 1994:012 :: amphora

Object description: Amphora with depressed, globular body and splaying base. Short, wide, cylindrical neck. Flat, out-turned rim. Bilobate handles from rim to shoulder. Broad, red band on inside of neck. Five black bands encircling top of rim. One black band encircling side of rim. Two wavy, black bands encircling upper neck. One black band encircling neck-base. The shoulder-zone on either side is decorated with concentric triangles, the inner one filled with a alternating black and white rhombs, the centre one of which is [instead of being black] filled with a black dot inside a small rhomb. On either side of centre pattern are, starting from top, a down-pointing solid red triangle, ten, oblique, parallel lines in the shape of a rhomb, a semi-circle turned inwards filled with red paint and a smaller semi-circle (also turned inwards) filled with black paint. Between the central decoration and handles on either side, is a framed row of vertical chevrons. Encircling mid-body below handles is a very broad black band, framed by ten black lines on upper side and one black line on lower side. Two black bands encircling lower body. Outside of handles painted black with red, transverse stroke in the middle.

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Inventory number

MM 1994:012

Serie nummer

5984

Object

amphora

Object, Swedish

amfora

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Formerly Ahlstrand Collection. Private collection aquired from Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, in 1953, and from art dealer P. Kolokassides, Nicosia, in the 1950’s. The collection was aquired by Medelhavsmuseet in 1994.

Description

Amphora with depressed, globular body and splaying base. Short, wide, cylindrical neck. Flat, out-turned rim. Bilobate handles from rim to shoulder. Broad, red band on inside of neck. Five black bands encircling top of rim. One black band encircling side of rim. Two wavy, black bands encircling upper neck. One black band encircling neck-base. The shoulder-zone on either side is decorated with concentric triangles, the inner one filled with a alternating black and white rhombs, the centre one of which is [instead of being black] filled with a black dot inside a small rhomb. On either side of centre pattern are, starting from top, a down-pointing solid red triangle, ten, oblique, parallel lines in the shape of a rhomb, a semi-circle turned inwards filled with red paint and a smaller semi-circle (also turned inwards) filled with black paint. Between the central decoration and handles on either side, is a framed row of vertical chevrons. Encircling mid-body below handles is a very broad black band, framed by ten black lines on upper side and one black line on lower side. Two black bands encircling lower body. Outside of handles painted black with red, transverse stroke in the middle.

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