Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1705

Object type
Pithoid jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1705
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 17.9cm
Diameter: 9.6cm (rim)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 305
CVA 1, 23, pl. 19.8
Preservation
Part of base missing.
Fabric Description
Soft, light brown fabric with medium to large sparse inclusions.

Description
Splaying rim, wide neck, piriform conical body, splaying base and three rounded handles on shoulder.

Decoration
Decorated with transverse strokes in fugitive reddish paint on interior and exterior rim, solid paint on the neck and a band below; the handle zone is decorated with short vertical lines, multiple bands below and solid paint on foot.