Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1666

Object type
Pithoid jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1666 A1666
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 22.5cm
Diameter: 12cm (rim)
Bibliography
Ǻström 1972, 305
Preservation
Intact
Fabric Description
Hard, buff fabric with sparse brown and white inclusions.

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 brown to dark brown paint on rim with a reserved band. The neck, base and handles are also painted solid and the shoulder zone is decorated with a net pattern and multiple encircling bands below.

Comments
A possible painted Cypro-Minoan sign on the base.