Accession No

1951.1082 T


Description

Lower part of a reconstructed ear-lug pot. Globular body; flat base. Incised decoration comprising zigzags, circles and groups of oblique lines; lime infills the incised decoration. Slipped and polished evenly. Light red surface.


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 T; 28 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Lime


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Vounous T. 153. No. 28.'
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. 28, 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): 'Ear-lug pot. Piriform body with flat base; probably concave neck; two vertical lugs on shoulder. Slipped and polished evenly. Light red surface; white-filled incised decoration. Height to shoulder 16.2 cms., width 15.6 cms. Neck missing.'
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. 190, No. 28, Pl. XXIIa.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Ear-lug pot, incised, with neck missing.
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)
Ear-lug pot, incised with zigzag patterns and circles. Neck and part of upper body missing.
Event Date 3/12/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Lower part of a reconstructed ear-lug pot. Globular body; flat base. Incised decoration comprising zigzags, circles and groups of oblique lines; lime infills the incised decoration. Slipped and polished evenly. Light red surface.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:280449

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