Enkomi Digitisation Project

A2019b,c

Object type
Bell krater
Tomb No (findspot)
A2019b,c
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 31cm
Diameter: 30.9cm (rim)
Bibliography
CVA 1,16, pl. 15.3
Ǻström 1972, 371
Karageorghis 1965, pl. XXVIII.9
Preservation
Reconstructed from fragments.
Fabric Description
Buff to brown hard fabric, with dense small dark and white inclusions.

Description
Large globular; flat everted rim, two horizontal handles on shoulder.

Decoration
Rim painted solid. Handle zone decorated with a frieze of possibly three (?) spirals in a double outline (band spiral), a series of dots in between, on either side of the vessel; the upper and lower parts were decorated with parallel bands in reddish brown paint.