Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1603

Object type
Stirrup jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1603 A1603
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 7.8cm
Diameter: 7.8cm (max)
Bibliography
CVA 1, 27.4, pl. 22.4
Åström 1972, 340.
Preservation
Intact
Fabric Description
Hard buff fabric, some sparse large inclusions.

Description
Flat top disc, short concave neck, globular, almost biconical body, torus ring base, two flat vertical handles.

Decoration
Decorated with solid paint on disc, an encircling band around it and a reserved triangle at the top, encircling bands on rim, neck and base of spout and six groups of vertical parallel chevrons between the handles and spout.