Accession No
1951.2001
Description
Globular flask of buff fabric with red polished slip. Tall neck ending in animal head; vertical double looped double rod handle, 8-shaped in section, from base of neck to top of flask to shoulder; small projection in the front of the base of the neck; tubular spout projecting from front of body at the height of the widest point. Incised decoration: unframed hatched lines on neck; three parallel vertical lines from the middle of the handle loops down to the widest part of the body, on both ends marked with two incised dots; on both sides of the flask, two diagonal bands of three parallel lines are going from the upper part of the vertical bands and each bottom ends marked with two incised dots as well; in the spaces in between unframed hatched lines. Complete apart from one side of the animal head at the spout being broken off and missing.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Pevia
Period
Early Bronze Age Early Cypriote
Source
Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector] Stewart, James Rivers Barrington [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.2001; MAA: 1951.200
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
223mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Labelled "Pevia 1932"
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Globular flask with tall neck ending in animal head. Double looped handle from base of neck to shoulder. Tubular spout projecting from front of body. Incised decoration
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by James Stewart in 1932
Event Date 1932
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Globular flask of buff fabric with red polished slip. Tall neck ending in animal head; vertical double looped double rod handle, 8-shaped in section, from base of neck to top of flask to shoulder; small projection in the front of the base of the neck; tubular spout projecting from front of body at the height of the widest point. Incised decoration: unframed hatched lines on neck; three parallel vertical lines from the middle of the handle loops down to the widest part of the body, on both ends marked with two incised dots; on both sides of the flask, two diagonal bands of three parallel lines are going from the upper part of the vertical bands and each bottom ends marked with two incised dots as well; in the spaces in between unframed hatched lines. Complete apart from one side of the animal head at the spout being broken off and missing.
Event Date 29/2/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:50255
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