Accession No
Z 36381
Description
Jug of buff fabric with red slip. Ovoid body; small concave base; tall, fairly wide neck; cut-away spout, fragmentary at the rim; round loop handle from the base of the spout to the shoulder, with a conical knob on either side of the base of the handle at the top; slight depression around the base of the neck.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Kyrenia District; Bellapais; Vounous
Period
Early Bronze Age
Source
Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector]; Stewart, James Rivers Barrington [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 36381; 21 [Finds No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
280mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Long necked vase and handle. Round base. Tomb 121. T no. 21
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Tomb 121, no. 21, Vounous 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, p. 249, no. 21; Plate XXX a 21.
Event Date 1950
Author: Esther Laver
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: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Spout broken off and missing.
Event Date 1/8/2000
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Jug of buff fabric with red slip. Ovoid body; small concave base; tall, fairly wide neck; cut-away spout, fragmentary at the rim; round loop handle from the base of the spout to the shoulder, with a conical knob on either side of the base of the handle at the top; slight depression around the base of the neck.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:73056
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