1.3.02026-10-11crater, kärl, skål, kraterRådata3200170objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3200170E. 003:262Amphoroid crater. Flat disc-base; piriform body; wide, concave neck; horizontal rim; wide, flat handles from rim to shoulder. Hard, buff clay; lustrous, buff slip; lustrous orange red to reddish brown paint. Base and lower body painted; bands encircling lower body; bands encircling mid-body; nautical scene on either side of upper body and shoulder; ship (FM 40.1) with high mast, framed by dots and ending with semi-circles; stem decorated with hooked-shaped projections and on the other stands a bird (FM 7.29); decked ship with four male figures (FM 1.25) under deck, working with the sail-cloth (?); two big, long-robed, male figures on deck holding a steering-oar; ships framed by large, male figures; on one side both holding a steering-oar; on other side only one figure visible who has arms bent forward against the ship; conventionalized nautilus shells and dotted circles as filler ornaments; neck painted; groups of transverse strokes on rim; inside of neck painted.E. 003:262, SCE 1930., Flisa 5., Big parts of crater reconstructed. Mended. Worn., H. 46.3. Ø 28.5. Ø of base 13.2., - Furumark, A, pl 4:7., - Karageorghis et al., 2003, no. 105. - SCE I, 484, pls LXXVII, row 1:5, CXXI:3-4. - SCE IV:1C, 314. - MedMusM 2, 1977, 30-31, pl VII:2., Tomb 3. Chamber., Mycenaean IIIB, Function: Amphoroid crater of piriform body, cylindrical neck, horizontal rim, wide, flat handles and a disc-shaped foot. On the lower body there are groups of encircling bands. On either side, a ship with figures is depicted. Acquisition: In the Cyprus Collections and subsequently in the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm since its discovery in the excavations of the tombs at Enkomi, undertaken by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition (1927-1931). Why this is a masterpiece Pictorial scenes like the one on this vase were very rare before the last phase of the Bronze Age (LM IIIC) so this piece is very interesting due to its age and decoration. History of the Object From the excavations of the Bronze Age tombs at Enkomi undertaken by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition. (Virtual Collection of Masterpieces, http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/Default.aspx), https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/crater-unknown/sQFKRAG_oyYKjA, Cypern genom tiderna, Cyprus, Cypern genom tiderna - Showcase 10:03., Krater, Krater, detalj, Cypern, Åström, Paul (red.) (1972). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 4. P. 1C The Late Cypriote Bronze Age : architecture and pottery. Lund:, Gjerstad, Einar (red.) (1934). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 1, Medelhavsmuseet (2003). The Cyprus collections in the Medelhavsmuseet, Karageorghis, Vassos, Styrenius, Carl-Gustaf & Winbladh, Marie-Louise (1977). Cypriote antiquities in the Medelhavsmuseet, Memoir 2BrukadL.C. II/L.H. III:B1.FunnenEuropa, Cypern, Enkomiimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3670510/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3670511/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#bySESAM-projektetStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914507http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914508http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914509http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914510http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/5150346http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/5150351http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953672http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953698https://kulturnav.org/16157368-3e27-43f9-9e5b-94f195e5345ehttp://libris.kb.se/bib/1169932http://libris.kb.se/bib/1169936http://libris.kb.se/bib/9024413http://libris.kb.se/bib/7618857https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/crater-unknown/sQFKRAG_oyYKjAhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3200170http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3200170http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3200170