Enkomi Digitisation Project

A2041

Object type
Amphoroid krater
Tomb No (findspot)
Unknown
A2041 A2041
Ware
Mycenaean styleLower part and handles missing
Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
Dimensions
Height: 23cm (pres. Ht.)
Diameter: 29.5cm (rim)
Bibliography
CVA 1, 6, pl. 6.3
Preservation
Fragmentary
Part
Lower part and handles missing
Fabric Description
Hard, greenish buff fabric with small dense inclusions, buff lustrous slip.

Description
Flat, out-turning rim, short concave neck and two vertical hndles from rim to shulder.

Decoration
Decorated with short parallel strkes on the rim, , solid paint on the neck and possibly handles; the shoulder zone is decorated with a partly preserved pictorial scene , consisting of chariot scenes. Two horses are facing left, followed by a series of stylised flowers and a human figure facing left. On the other side two human figures are standing within a chariot, facing left again, wearing dotted robes. Next to it there arestylised flowers and the back of a horse, in dark brown paint.