Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1628

Object type
Stirrup jar
Tomb No (findspot)
Unknown
A1628 A1628
Ware
Minoan style
Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 8.5cm
Diameter: 12.2cm (max)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 348, Kanta 1998, 46.
Preservation
Intact
Fabric Description
Hard pink buff fabic with dark inclusions and lime spalling on the surface.

Description
Concave discus, squat biconical body, small ring base, slightly leaning to one side.

Decoration
Decorated with a band on the top disc, a band at the base of the spout and handles; a zig-zag pattern, an elaborate triangle, chevrons and a panelled pattern with arcs on either side of the zig -zag lines on the shoulder zone and a series of bands on the rest of the body.