Accession No
1951.1082 I
Description
Incomplete horn-lug bowl. Simple, upright rim; squat, rounded body with remnant of a horn-lug handle; rounded base. Slipped and polished evenly. Brown surface shading to light red by lug. Previously reconstructed from sherds, now in five fragments.
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
1951.1082 I; 11 [Finds No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
105mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Vounous T. 153. No. 11.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Other)
There was an ear-lug pot in the filling of the dromos but this was destroyed by a shepherd and no longer exists. Pottery vessels 9-10, 12, 22-23, 25 and 27 are also missing and spindle whorl No.15. There had been two burials in the chamber, an earlier one being cleared away to leave room for a later. See card 1951.1074
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Tomb 153,no. 11, Vounous Site A. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Stewart (1950): 'Horn-lug bowl. Slipped and polished evenly. Brown surface shading to light red by lug. Height 10.5 cms., diameter 13.6 cms. Fragmentary.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Danlei Zhou
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. 187, No. 11, Pl. XXIIa.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Fragmentary horn-lug bowl. Plain.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Acquisition Details)
Tansferred 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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Incomplete horn-lug bowl. Simple, upright rim; squat, rounded body with remnant of a horn-lug handle; rounded base. Slipped and polished evenly. Brown surface shading to light red by lug. Previously reconstructed from sherds, now in four fragments.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:280438
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