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MM Acc 0856 :: tankard

Object description: Rim a bit out-turned; wide neck. Globular depressed body with marked shoulders, flat bottom. Handle from rim to shoulder with a horned knob at the top. White. Decoration: brownish-black with a horizontal band under the shoulderline. Two equal lines at the base of neck and under the rim. Vertical groups of lines and zig-zag patterns from neck to shoulderline, lines from shoulderline to base. Rhombs with chequer-work at the neck.

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Inventory number

MM Acc 0856

Serie nummer

7218

Object

tankard

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

From the collection of Carl Frisk, 1949.

Description

Rim a bit out-turned; wide neck. Globular depressed body with marked shoulders, flat bottom. Handle from rim to shoulder with a horned knob at the top. White. Decoration: brownish-black with a horizontal band under the shoulderline. Two equal lines at the base of neck and under the rim. Vertical groups of lines and zig-zag patterns from neck to shoulderline, lines from shoulderline to base. Rhombs with chequer-work at the neck.

Period