Accession No

1951.2013 A


Description

Small costrel or pilgrim's flask of Bichrome ware. Simple, upright rim; long, narrow neck tapering towards body; circular body with two flattened faces; rounded base. Two opposing rounded rod handles run from neck to shoulder. Painted decoration in red and back comprising horizontal lines on neck and handle and concentric circles on body.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Nicosia District; Politiko; Tamassos


Period

Early Iron Age Cypro-Geometric


Source

Fitzwilliam Museum [depositor]; Bulwer, Henry H. (Sir) [collector]; Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.2013 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

125mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: 'II B 67.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'BUL'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Small flask with flattened spherical body, two handles and funnel neck. Bichrome Geometric. Red and black on white.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Possibly Tomb 67. Excavated by Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, Royal Berlin Museum, 1889.
Event Date 1889
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Other owners)
Collected by Sir Henry Bulwer, High Commissioner for Cyprus 1886-1892, who purchased finds from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter’s excavations through Eustathios Constantinides and donated them to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1892 and 1907.
Event Date 1892
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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: Danlei Zhou


Context (References)
Buchholz, Hans-Günter et al. (2010). Tamassos. Ein antiker Stadstaat im Bergbaugebiet von Zypern. Band I. Die Nekropolen I, II und III. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag. p. 348, no. 7.
Event Date 2010
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Small costrel or pilgrim's flask of Bichrome ware. Simple, upright rim; long, narrow neck tapering towards body; circular body with two flattened faces; rounded base. Two opposing rounded rod handles run from neck to shoulder. Painted decoration in red and back comprising horizontal lines on neck and handle and concentric circles on body.
Event Date 1/3/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:50265

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