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SHM 17946:0003 :: spouted bowl

Object description: Small flat base. Deep ovoid body. Inturned rim. Raised, round handle (double upwards) from rim to upper body. Raised, tubular spout on upper body. ”Ingot-shaped” relief on either side of body, just below rim. Incised, encircling line on rim. Vertical, incised line on handle. Brick clay. Lustrous, mottled red and dark brown slip on outside, dark brown slip on outside.

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Inventory number

SHM 17946:0003

Serie nummer

7609

Object

spouted bowl

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

Small flat base. Deep ovoid body. Inturned rim. Raised, round handle (double upwards) from rim to upper body. Raised, tubular spout on upper body. ”Ingot-shaped” relief on either side of body, just below rim. Incised, encircling line on rim. Vertical, incised line on handle. Brick clay. Lustrous, mottled red and dark brown slip on outside, dark brown slip on outside.

Period

E.C. II-III. (1950-1800 BC)

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-1950

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-1800

Name - Acquired from

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Comments

According to Eva Toivonen Skage (unpublished article), this vessel could be from Arpera. Traces of bariumsulphate and zincoxide, from modern times, on outside of vessel (scanning electronic microscope analysis by Kate Tronner, ATm).

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