Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink on bottom: 'VOUNOUS T. 84 DROMOS'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink on the inside of rim: 'VOUNOUS T. 84. DROMOS'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
From the Dromos, no. a, Tomb 84, Site A. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Stewart, James and Stewart, Eleanor. (1950). Vounous 1937-38: Field Report on the Excavations Sponsored by the British School of Archaeology at Athens. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup. p. 64, No. a.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Stewart (1950): 'Ear-lug pot. Ovoid body extending to flat base, concave neck. Two vertical lugs on shoulder. Well mixed clay with fine grit and straw grog, fired medium buff shading to grey-black on the interior, black all through on the neck. Slipped and polished. Red surface shading up to black on the neck; white-filled incised decoration. height 24.45 cms., width 13.1 cms.'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card (1951.1074 A-CC) notes that 'These vessels are considered to be contemporary (Red Polish II) accompanying a single burial. The pottery is all handmade and mostly coated with a red slip. Sometimes the upper part of the vessels is fired black and the lower red. The incised ornament sometimes has a white inlay.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Ear lug pot, restored.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Transferred from the Fitzwilliam Museum to the Museum of Classical Archaeology in 1938, then transferred from the Museum of Classical Archaeology to MAA in November 1951. Other material from Vounous was transferred to the Nicholson Museum, National Museums Liverpool and Manchester Museum (see archive BR6/1/3 for list).
Event Date 11/1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Complete reconstructed ear-lug pot. Flat-topped, slightly everted rim; long, constricted, concave-sided neck; rounded body with two opposing vertical triangular lugs on shoulder; small, concave base. Incised decoration including groups of oblique straight lines on neck and body, groups of horizontal straight lines around body and base of neck, and incised lines, some dotted, on lugs; lime fills the incised decoration. Slipped and polished, with grey-black neck and orange red body.
Event Date 23/2/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou