Accession No

1951.1082 K


Description

Large jug of coarse orange-red fabric with a burnished surface decorated with red slip. The jug has: a small, flat pedestal base; a tall ovoid body; a tall concave neck with a shallow horizontal groove around the base; a long rod handle between the shoulder and base of the spout; a cut away spout with a raised disc either side at the base of the opening; a straight everted rim. Potter's mark, incised into the top of the handle, consists of a dot and a vertical line from the top to middle of the handle, with three horizontal lines either side at the top of the handle. Black patch on one side of the body.


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 K; 14 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

618mm x 292mm Weight 5.58kg


Events

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. 14, Vounous Site A. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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. Plate XXIIa, No. 14.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
James and Eleanor Stewart: 'Jug. Piriform body with flat base; tall neck with cut-away spout; horizontal groove round neck base; handle from spout base to shoulder; potter's mark on upper handle; either side of handle top a flat knob on neck. Slipped and polished, almost a matt surface. Red surface tinged with brown, black patch on one side, upper body and neck light to medium red. Height 61.8 cms., width 29.2 cms.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Juglet with short cut away spout.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2021.5090 | Remedial
Event Date 15/6/2021
Author: Stefanie Mueller


Loan (Exhibition)
Fitzwilliam Museum, 14/02/2023 to 14/05/2023, Being An Islander
Event Date 14/2/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Large jug of coarse orange-red fabric with a burnished surface decorated with red slip. The jug has: a small, flat pedestal base; a tall ovoid body; a tall concave neck with a shallow horizontal groove around the base; a long rod handle between the shoulder and base of the spout; a cut away spout with a raised disc either side at the base of the opening; a straight everted rim. Potter's mark, incised into the top of the handle, consists of a dot and a vertical line from the top to middle of the handle, with three horizontal lines either side at the top of the handle. Black patch on one side of the body.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:280440

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