Accession No
D 1951.43
Description
Small, incomplete jug of reddish buff clay. Everted rim; long, narrow neck flaring towards body; biconical body; footring base. A flattened handle runs from neck to shoulder. Two horizontal ridges around neck. Traces of brown slip present. Cracks present on body. Rim and handle broken off and missing.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Nicosia District; Politiko; Tamassos
Period
Late Bronze Age
Source
Fitzwilliam Museum [depositor]; Bulwer, Henry H. (Sir) [collector]; Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
D 1951.43; GR.47.1892 [Fitzwilliam Museum no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
135mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink on bottom: 'PL. VIII. 46.' and 'TOMB 7. BUL.1. 1891'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Field collection)
Tomb 4. Excavated by Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, Royal Berlin Museum, 1889.
Event Date 1889
Author: maa
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: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Lamb, Winifred (1936). Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Great Britain: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum. Fasc. 11, Fasc. 2 Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Plate: VIII : 46]
Event Date 1936
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Lamb (1936): 'Lekythoid jug. Lip and handle broken ... Red clay with traces of brown slip. Neck trimmed with knife. A plastic curved line in front of vase opposite place where handle should be.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Lekythoid jug, rim and handle broken. Reddish buff. Base Ring ware.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
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: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Small, incomplete jug of reddish buff clay. Everted rim; long, narrow neck flaring towards body; biconical body; footring base. A flattened handle runs from neck to shoulder. Two horizontal ridges around neck. Traces of brown slip present. Cracks present on body. Rim and handle broken off and missing.
Event Date 29/2/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:52417
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