Accession No

1951.1078 A


Description

Juglet of polished red fabric. Squat body; curved base; tapering neck; everted rim; round loop handle from mid-neck to the top of the body. The neck is decorated with incised concentric bands, and the body is decorated with incised parallel lines and concentric circles arranged in triangular patterns. Lime fills the insides of the decorations.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Kyrenia District; Bellapais; Vounous


Period

Early Bronze Age


Source

Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector]; Stewart, James Rivers Barrington [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.1078 A; 10 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Lime


Local Term


Measurements

145mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'VOUNOUS. T.122. No: 10'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Found: From Tomb 122. Vounous Site B, No. 10. The remainder of the finds from this tomb were not handed over to this museum. No trace of human skeleton in this tomb but it is thought to be a single inhumation. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa


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. 252 Fig. 180, Plate: XXX b.10, Plate: LXVIII f.
Event Date 1950
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Juglet with globular body, handle and narrow neck. Incised.
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: Lucie Carreau


Loan (Analysis)
Fitzwilliam Museum, 09/07/2019 to 31/12/2019, PhD study by Rafael Laoutari, at the request of Professor Cyprian Broodbank
Event Date 9/7/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Juglet of polished red fabric. Squat body; curved base; tapering neck; everted rim; round loop handle from mid-neck to the top of the body. The neck is decorated with incised concentric bands, and the body is decorated with incised parallel lines and concentric circles arranged in triangular patterns. Lime fills the insides of the decorations.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:50232

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