Accession No
Z 36392
Description
Single-handled jug with incised decoration. Everted rim; long neck with single handle from lower neck to shoulder; ovoid body with small, concave base. Decorated with incised oblique lines forming chevrons and diamonds; lime fills incised decoration. Red ware fired grey-black with buff lower exterior, polished evenly. Surface worn; reconstructed from sherds with some fragments 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 36392; 19 [Finds No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Lime
Local Term
Measurements
260mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'VOUNOUS/ T. 121/ No. 19'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Long necked jar one handle. Pointed end.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Tomb 121, no. 19, 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. 19, p.249, Plate XXX and LVI e.
Event Date 1950
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Single-handled jug with incised decoration. Everted rim; long neck with single handle from lower neck to shoulder; ovoid body with small, concave base. Decorated with incised oblique lines forming chevrons and diamonds; lime fills incised decoration. Red ware fired grey-black with buff lower exterior, polished evenly. Surface worn; reconstructed from sherds with some fragments broken off and missing.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:73066
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