Accession No

1951.1082 R


Description

Reconstructed horn-lug bowl of buff fabric; traces of polished slip; red surface with black top and interior. Simple upright rim; one horn-lug, now broken off and missing, pierced horizontally; rounded base. Parts of rim and 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

1951.1082 R; 24 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

104mm


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)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink reading: 'VOUNOUS. T. 153. NO: 24'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Field collection)
Tomb 153, No. 24. 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. p. 190.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Horn-lug bowl. Fragmentary.
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)


Description (Physical description)
Fragmentary horn-lug bowl, repaired from sherds.
Event Date 5/9/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Reconstructed horn-lug bowl of buff fabric; traces of polished slip; red surface with black top and interior. Simple upright rim; one horn-lug, now broken off and missing, pierced horizontally; rounded base. Parts of rim and body broken off and missing.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:280447

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