Enkomi Digitisation Project

A2029a

Object type
Amphoroid krater
Tomb No (findspot)
A2029a A2029a
Ware
Mycenaean style
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 13.8cm (pres. Ht.)
Width: 9.7cm (pres. W.)
Bibliography
Åström 1972, 369
CVA 1, 16, pl 15.1-2
Preservation
Fragment
Part
Part of rim and one handle
Fabric Description
Soft buff to orange fabric with dark and white inclusions.

Description
Flat rim, wide neck and wide vertical strap handle.

Decoration
Decorated with solid paint on rim; a reserved vertical band on the handle and pictorial decoration on the shoulder zone, perhaps a plant motif and part of the leg of animal or fish in reddish paint.

Comments
Åström mentions that this krater belongs to T.43 according to a photograph of this tomb group taken by E. Gjerstad. The index cards indicate Tomb 25.