Enkomi Digitisation Project

A1928

Object type
Pithoid jar
Tomb No (findspot)
A1928
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 13.8cm
Diameter: 6.8cm (rim)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 293
Preservation
Intact
Fabric Description
Soft reddish fabric, small medium and some large inclusions, slip also flaked off.

Description
Small; rim sloping outwards, wide concave neck, piriform body and tall narrow foot with splaying base and three horizontal handles on the shoulder.

Decoration
The decoration, possibly in reddish paint is obliterated almost entirely but it may have been decorated with flowers on the handle zone.