Accession No

Z 36391


Description

Bowl of red polished (black top) ware. Slightly inverted rim; single knob or lug, horizontally pierced, just below the black band; deep body with small, flat base. Red surface shading up to black top and interior. Surface worn; reconstructed from sherds with two fragments now detached but present; chips to rim; part of body 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 36391; 8 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

151mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'VOUNOUS/ T. 121/ No. 8'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Flat bottomed bowl, single lug pierced.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Tomb 121, no. 8, 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. 8, 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)
Two pieces missing broken from vessel but still present.
Event Date 8/2000
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Bowl of red polished (black top) ware. Slightly inverted rim; single knob or lug, horizontally pierced, just below the black band; deep body with small, flat base. Red surface shading up to black top and interior. Surface worn; reconstructed from sherds with two fragments now detached but present; chips to rim; part of body broken off and missing.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:73065

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