Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1623

Object type
Stirrup jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1623
A1623 A1623
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 14.8cm
Diameter: ca 3cm (rim)
Bibliography
CVA 1, 26, pl. 22.1
Åström 1972, 347
Preservation
Part of spout missing.
Fabric Description
Medium hard fabric, buff slightly lustrous slip and reddish brown to dark paint.

Description
Top disc slightly convex, short neck, tall biconical body, wide ring base, handles from rim to shoulder.

Decoration
Decorated with a painted spiral on the top disc, a possible stylised flower below the neck, a series of parallel short strokes and two parallel chevrons on the other side, parallel bands on body.