Accession No

Z 36389


Description

Incomplete horn-lug bowl in red polished (black top) ware. Slightly inverted rim; single horn-shaped lug on one side, pierced horizontally below; deep body with concave sides and round base. Made of buff clay, fired red on the lower exterior and black on the upper exterior and inside. Surface worn; reconstructed from sherds; approximately one third of the vessel is broken off and missing.


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 36389; 11 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

125mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'VOUNOUS/ T. 121/ No. 11'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Bowl, pierced lug, burnished red outside.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Tomb 121, no. 11, 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. No. 11, p.248, Plate XXX.
Event Date 1950
Author: Jodi Zhang


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: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Approx one fifth of vessel broken off and missing.
Event Date 8/2000
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Incomplete horn-lug bowl in red polished (black top) ware. Slightly inverted rim; single horn-shaped lug on one side, pierced horizontally below; deep body with concave sides and round base. Made of buff clay, fired red on the lower exterior and black on the upper exterior and inside. Surface worn; reconstructed from sherds; approximately one third of the vessel is broken off and missing.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:73064

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