Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1652

Object type
Pithoid jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1652 A1652
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1400-1375 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 22.5cm
Diameter: 12cm (rim)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 295 and possibly CVA 1, 22, pl. 19.2 (published with wrong number)
Preservation
Complete (restored from fragments), one handle missing.
Fabric Description
Hard, pinkish fabric with small white inclusions.

Description
Outward sloping wide rim, wide, relatively high neck, advanced piriform body, torus disc base and three vertical handles on shoulder.

Decoration
Interior rim is decorated with thick and thin parallel bands; thin parallel bands on exterior rim, solid paint on neck and multiple bands below; The handle  zone is decorated with a net pattern and alternating thick and thin bands below. The handles are painted solid with a reserved triangle at the top. The foot is decorated with solid paint except for a narrow reserved band in the middle and on the lower part, in reddish to dark brown paint.

Comments
A possible painted sign on underfoot.