Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1537

Object type
Bowl
Tomb No (findspot)
A1537 A1537
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 5.4cm
Diameter: 19.1cm (rim)
Bibliography
CVA 1, pl.32
Ǻström 1972, 379
Preservation
Intact
Fabric Description
Hard buff to orange fabric with small and some large inclusions and a matt slip.

Description
Shallow bowl with conical body, flat out-turning rim, two opposing horizontal handles on the rim and a low ring base.

Decoration
Decorated with a series of painted (white) dots on the rim, two parallel bands in bright orange paint on the exterior and another band round the base. The interior is decorated with a band below the rim, another band in which there are 6 wavy lines painted in white. A solid disc at the bottom and a series of thin bands encircled by a thick band.