Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1726

Object type
Jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1726
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 8.7cm
Diameter: 5.9cm (rim)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 324
CVA I, 30, pl. 25.2
Preservation
Intact
Fabric Description
Hard buff fabric with sparse large white inclusions, and a slightly lustrous slip.

Description
Alabastron-shaped; splaying rim, short neck, concave sides, relatively large horizontal handles, wide base.

Decoration
Decorated  with bands on the rim and neck, parallel bands on the shoulder, two parallel bands above the base and concentric circles on the base, in reddish to dark brown paint.