A1632

Object type

Stirrup jar

Tomb No (findspot)

Ware

Mycenaean style

Chronology

1300-1200 B.C.

Dimensions

Height: 8.9cm
Diameter: 12.6cm (max)

Bibliography

CVA 1, pl. 22.11

Åström 1972, 346

Preservation

Intact

Fabric Description

Buff fabric with inclusions, buff matt slip.

Description

Squat biconical body.

Decoration

Decorated with reserved circle on top of false spout, painted handles with reserved band on top, a band encircling both false and open spout, bands of paint on shoulder in dark brown paint.

Comments

A Cypro-Minoan sign on base.