Enkomi Digitisation Project

A2022a + A2023g + A2025c

Object type
Krater
Tomb No (findspot)
A2022a + A2023g + A2025c
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1400-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 21.2cm
Diameter: 26cm (rim)
Bibliography
Published as A2023e in CVA 1, pl. 16.6
Preservation
Fragmentary
Part
Half missing
Fabric Description
Medium hard pink buff fabric with dark inclusions, matt buff slip and reddish to dark brown paint.

Description
Part of small krater. Out-turning rim, piriform body, tall disc base, handles missing.

Decoration
Solid paint on interior and exterior rim, handle zone decorated with a wheel motif made of four spokes, a circle in the centre and circles of dots. The wheels are joined together with alternating inverted triangular arcs and on top of each arc, there is a dotted circle with dots all round and a dotted circle below the arcs. Below the handle zone there are two parallel horizontal broad bands and the base is painted solid.