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

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