Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1680

Object type
Pithoid jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1680
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 10cm
Diameter: 5.2cm (rim)
Bibliography
Ǻström 1972, 305
Preservation
Missing handle.
Fabric Description
Soft buff fabric with small inclusions and lime spalling on surface. Slightly lustrous slip.

Description
Small jar; flat out-turning rim, wide concave neck, piriform body, torus foot, slightly concave, three handles on shoulder.

Decoration
Solid paint on interior rim, top of rim and neck. A series of dots below the neck on the handle zone, a series of curve-stemmed spirals below on the shoulder and thin bands on the body in fading reddish brown paint.