Carlotta - the museum database

SHM 17946:0055 :: jug

Object description: Ring-base. Globular body. Long, cylindrical neck, tapering upwards. Trefoil mouth. Raised bilobate handle from rim to shoulder. Black band encircling rim. Two black lines encircling upper neck. Red band encircling mid-neck. Black band encircling neck-base. Eleven black lines encircling upper body. One reda nd two black concentricl ines on either side of body with seven groups of four to five black concentric circles inside. Two groups of four black concentric circles in front. Four groups of four black concentric circles below handle. HAndle painted black on sides and red in the middle. Light buff clay. MAtt, light buff slip. MAtt, brownish red and brownish black paint.

Data elements
References (5)

Inventory number

SHM 17946:0055

Serie nummer

7258

Object

jug

Object, Swedish

kanna; kärl

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

L. Z. Pierides to the Swedish Crown Prince in 1925. The Crown Prince to the Museum of National Antiquities in 1926. The Museum of National Antiquities to Medelhavsmuseet in 1982.

Description

Ring-base. Globular body. Long, cylindrical neck, tapering upwards. Trefoil mouth. Raised bilobate handle from rim to shoulder. Black band encircling rim. Two black lines encircling upper neck. Red band encircling mid-neck. Black band encircling neck-base. Eleven black lines encircling upper body. One reda nd two black concentricl ines on either side of body with seven groups of four to five black concentric circles inside. Two groups of four black concentric circles in front. Four groups of four black concentric circles below handle. HAndle painted black on sides and red in the middle. Light buff clay. MAtt, light buff slip. MAtt, brownish red and brownish black paint.

Period