Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1665

Object type
Pithoid jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1665 A1665
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 15.8cm
Diameter: 9cm (rim)
Bibliography
Ǻström 1972, 298
Preservation
Intact. Damaged and flaked surface.
Fabric Description
Hard, pink to orange fabric with small and medium white inclusions; slightly lustrous slip.

Description
Flat sloping rim, short neck, conical piriform body, short torus foot, slightly concave base and three rounded handles on shoulder.

Decoration
Decorated with solid reddish paint on interior of rim,  on neck and foot and encircling parallel bands below rim and lower part. Handle zone decorated with  a net pattern.

Comments
Painted Cypro-Minoan sign on the base.