Amphora

32-27-3001

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 32-27-3001
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 53A
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique White Painted II | White Painted III
Description

Complete; not mended; some rotting of surface; slip and paint well preserved; hole in base. Raised ring base; ovoid body; slightly concave neck; everted flat horizontal rim; two horizontal handles on belly. Two encircling bands below rim on interior; shot transverse strokes across flat portion of rim; top and bottom of neck painted solid; thin bands encircling mid neck; 4 sets of two double cross-hatched triangles encircling upper shoulder below which 2 encircling bands; thin encircling bands between 2 thicker ones around belly; band encircling base; handles painted solid.

Outside Diameter 24 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition; B.H. Hill, 1932

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