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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