Description (Physical description)
Large handled jar; polished red. Bronze Age
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Find number 37, Tomb 121, Site B. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa

Context (References)
Stewart, James and Stewart, Eleanor. (1950). Vounous 1937-38: Field Report on the Excavations Sponsored by the British School of Archaeology at Athens. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup. pp. 245-250 and Plate XXX.
Event Date 1950
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Acquisition Details)
Transferred from the Fitzwilliam Museum to the Museum of Classical Archaeology in 1938, then transferred from the Museum of Classical Archaeology to MAA in November 1951. Other material from Vounous was transferred to the Nicholson Museum, National Museums Liverpool and Manchester Museum (see archive BR6/1/3 for list).
Event Date 11/1951
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Rounded amphora with opposed vertical handles either side of neck. Wide mouth with everted rim; cylindrical neck, flaring slightly towards body; two opposed vertical loop handles with apical transverse ridges spring from neck and reattach at shoulder; rounded body tapers to small, flat base. Well mixed clay with grit and straw grog, fired to medium buff with dark grey core; surface finished with evenly polished dark red slip. Reconstructed from sherds with areas of loss, some filled with painted plaster infill.
Event Date 12/3/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal