Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink on base: '92.4' and 'BUL'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Related Documents)
Old label found which may relate to A or B which reads: 'Bronze sepulchral urn. Found in Cyprus. Given by Sir H. Bulwer G.C.M.G. 1892.' [Label not seen 29/02/2024]
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, Royal Berlin Museum, 1889.
Event Date 1889
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Bronze vessel. Jug with tubular neck in poor condition.
Event Date 1951
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)
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.
Event Date 2010
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy jug. The jug has a slightly rounded base, sharply flaring to a cylindrical body, sharply tapering to a narrow, cylindrical neck with a ridge above the centre. Attached between the neck and shoulder is a curved strap handle: wire is wrapped around the bottom, twisted, and attached around the neck via a band of sheet copper alloy formed of three oval plates; the top of the handle curves downward into a rectangular band of sheet copper alloy, wrapped around the neck.
Event Date 29/2/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad