Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1617

Object type
Stirrup jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1617
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 10.5cm
Diameter: 10.5cm (max)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 348
Preservation
Spout and part of shoulder missing.
Fabric Description
Buff to grey fabric, large sparse white inclusions, buff slip, slightly lustrous.

Description
Depressed globular body, upper part tapering towards false neck, flat top disc.

Decoration
Decorated with concentric circle on top of false neck, solid paint on handle and circle of paint encompassing spout and false neck, parallel bands on body in dark brown and light orange paint.