Enkomi Digitisation Project

A2020f + A2023d + 2023e + 2023g

Object type
Bell krater
Tomb No (findspot)
A2020f + A2023d + 2023e + 2023g
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1400-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 16cm (pres. Ht.)
Bibliography
CVA 1, 16, pl. 14.6
Vermeule and Karageorghis 1981, pl. V.106
Preservation
Fragmentary
Part
Restored from fragments, larger part missing
Fabric Description
Medium hard, pink buff fabric with white and dark inclusions, buff  matt slip on exterior and reddish brown to dark brown paint.

Description
Part of rim and body.

Decoration
Flat out-turning rim, almost biconical body, horizontal handles, only one preserved.

Comments
Decorated with a bull walking to the right, of which only the hind part is preserved. Hind legs open and tail hanging down, rendered in outline; the body is filled with parallel strokes. The rim and upper part of the handle is painted solid, below the handle there are three broad parallel  horizontal bands and one broad band below.