Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1576

Object type
Flask
Tomb No (findspot)
A1576
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 10.8cm
Diameter: 2.7cm (rim)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 353
Preservation
Handle and part of base missing.
Fabric Description
Soft buff to orange fabric with small dark inclusions and slightly lustrous slip.

Description
Flat splaying rim, cylindrical neck, depressed globular body, two vertical handles from mid rim to shoulder.

Decoration
Decorated with painted band on the rim, a band below the rim, a band at the base of the neck, a series of multiple lines on the shoulder and belly, and alternating thick bands with multiple thin lines inbetween on the lower part of the body in reddish paint.