Accession No
1951.1088
Description
Large milk bowl of red slip ware with two opposing tubular spouts, one broken off but present, and two opposing hilt-shaped handles, one broken off and missing. Marbled slip of varying black, grey, and red colour. Reconstructed from sherds.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Kyrenia District; Pano Dhikomo [Dikomo]; Mavro Nero
Period
Early Bronze Age
Source
Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector]; Stewart, James Rivers Barrington [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.1088
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
200mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Large milk bowl of red slip ware with two tubular spouts and two hilt-shaped handles (one now missing).
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
No tomb numbers are given with these, but they seem to form part of James Stewart's collection from Mavro Nero, excavated in 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Transferred from the Fitzwilliam Museum to the Museum of Classical Archaeology, possibly in 1938, then transferred from the Museum of Classical Archaeology to MAA in November 1951.
Event Date 11/1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Dikaios, Porphyrios and Stewart, James R. (1962). The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. 4 Part 1A: The Stone Age and the Early Bronze Age in Cyprus. Lund: Swedish Cyprus Expedition. p. 385
Event Date 1962
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
One of the spouts has broken off but is present.
Event Date 8/2000
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Large milk bowl of red slip ware with two opposing tubular spouts, one broken off but present, and two opposing hilt-shaped handles, one broken off and missing. Marbled slip of varying black, grey, and red colour. Reconstructed from sherds.
Event Date 4/3/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:50242
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