Accession No

1951.2044


Description

Jug incorporating an everted rim, long narrow neck, looped handle, bulbous body and hollow footring base. Made up of a buff light brown fabric. Combing present and decoration of horizontal bands around the neck.


Place

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


Period

Early Iron Age


Source

Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector]; Bulwer, Henry H. (Sir) [collector]; Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.2044; C.A.M. 37 [Museum of Classical Archaeology no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

147mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked on the base in black ink: 'CAM 37'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Undecorated jug or lagina of dark brown clay. Wheel made.
Event Date
Author: maa


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


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: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Jug of brown clay'
Event Date 1951
Author: Alana Edgeworth


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: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Jug incorporating an everted rim, long narrow neck, looped handle, bulbous body and hollow footring base. Made up of a buff light brown fabric. Combing present and decoration of horizontal bands around the neck.
Event Date 1/3/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:50297

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