Carlotta - the museum database

M. 095:007 :: Crater

Object description: Flat swollen rim. No neck. Biconical body. Vertical handles on shoulder. Base ring. Decoration: encircling lines round rim and body. Lines on handles. Black and red palm-tree decoration between handles.

Data elements
References (2)

Inventory number

M. 095:007

Serie nummer

32984

Object

Crater

Object, Swedish

Krater; Kärl; Skål

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Place - Findspot

Marion

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Cypern

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Context

Tomb 95. Floor.

Acquisition

SCE.

Description

Flat swollen rim. No neck. Biconical body. Vertical handles on shoulder. Base ring. Decoration: encircling lines round rim and body. Lines on handles. Black and red palm-tree decoration between handles.

Period

C.A. II. (600-475 BC)

Event - Was Present At

Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931)

Description: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition was a project to systematically investigate the archaeology of the entire early history of Cyprus. It took place between September 1927 and March 1931 and was led by three archaeologists: Einar Gjerstad, Erik Sjöqvist and Alfred Westholm together with architect John Lindros.
Archaeological excavations were made at locations all over Cyprus including Lapithos, Nitovikla, Ajia Irini and Enkomi. The results were published in four volumes from 1934 to 1972. Most of the finds are now kept at the Cyprus Museum; Nicosia and Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm.
In the early 1970s Paul Åström from the University of Gothenburg continued the tradition of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition with his excavations at the ancient city of Hala Sultan Tekke / Dromolaxia-Vizatzia near Larnaca. He concentrated mainly on the investigation of the late history of the city, viz. the later part of Late Cypriote period (Late Bronze Age). After the untimely death of Paul Åström, Peter M. Fischer from the same university received the permission by the Department of Antiquities (2009) to continue the excavations there (2010). The main objective of the first season of the renewed excavations is to investigate the earliest history of the city which seems to have its roots in the Middle Cypriote period (Middle Bronze Age). (wikipedia, 2012-04-23)
Source - http: collections.smvk.se, en.wikipedia.org, sv.wikipedia.org, swedishcyprusexpedition.se

Keyword

Ceramics

Publications

SCE II, 442.

Pottery Ware

White Slip V

Reference - Published in

Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1935). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 2

Source - http: archive.org, libris.kb.se

Height / Höjd

30 cm

Diameter

24 cm

Dimensions

H. 30 cm, Ø 24 cm.

Condition

Part of rim and piece from body missing Mended and partly reconstructed. Surface worn. Also mended in ancient times.

Original register

Cyprus

Here you can leave a comment. You have to supply an e-mail, an alias and you have to accept the agreements.

Important to know about the information in the online collection database

Users of the database are warned that some records may include language or terminology dating from the 19th and 20th centuries which depicted people in ways that are obsolete and/or offensive. We are conscious that the inclusion of such terminology is problematic. As an institution, we have chosen to include this historic information in our database because it is part of the documentation for the object, photograph, or archival item. Where known, objects associated with, or photographs depicting, ritual or ceremonial activity have been hidden in the publicly accessible database as there may be restrictions relating to the age, gender, initiation and ceremonial status or clan of the person who may see them. The database may also include the names of deceased persons, which could cause sadness or distress, particularly to relatives of these people.

Click here for more information.

M. 095:007 :: Crater

Leave a comment

Important to know about the information in the online collection database