Fabric Description

Buff fabric with white and dark inclusions, flaking surface.

Description

Three-handled pithoid jar with cylindrical neck, flat rim, tall ovoid body, torus foot and three vertical handles on shoulders.

Decoration

Neck painted solid on both sides, thick parallel bands on the shoulder, three thick bands below handles and three on lower part of body. Torus foot also painted solid. Handle zone decorated with scale pattern and oval shaped band encircling each handle in reddish to dark brown paint.

Comments

Two of the handles are incised with Cypro-Minoan signs, before firing. A depression on one side of the body may have been caused by compression during firing. One side is a brighter red, also because of differential firing.