Accession No
1951.2024
Description
Two matching reconstructed body sherds of a Black Slip Ware cup. Exterior with black slip showing incised pattern of a horizontal band of opposing hatched triangles, on top and bottom framed by narrow horizontal bands of zigzags.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Nicosia District; Milos Hill; ?Mylos
Period
Middle Bronze Age
Source
Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector] Stewart, James Rivers Barrington [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.2024
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
62mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil reading: 'MILOS HILL 11-5-37.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a cup of Black Slip ware with incised triangular ornament
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by James Stewart on 11 May 1937
Event Date 11/5/1937
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Transferred from the Museum of Classical Archaeology to MAA in November 1951. It was likely originally owned by the Fitzwilliam Museum and part of the transfer of Cypriot material to the Museum of Classical Archaeology around 1938.
Event Date 11/1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Two matching reconstructed body sherds of a Black Slip Ware cup. Exterior with black slip showing incised pattern of a horizontal band of opposing hatched triangles, on top and bottom framed by narrow horizontal bands of zigzags.
Event Date 29/2/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:50276
Images (Click to view full size):