Accession No

1951.1082 U


Description

Complete ear-lug pot of red ware. Everted rim; long neck flaring towards body; globular body with two horizontal incised lines around shoulder; small, flat base. Two opposing vertical lugs on shoulder, with bifurcated tops and piercing at base. Slipped and polished irregularly, chiefly with vertical strokes.


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 U; 29 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

252mm


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. 29, 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. Ovoid body with flat base; concave neck with everted rim; two vertical lugs with bifurcated tops; each lug diagonally pierced at base; two horizontal incised lines, broken by lugs, on shoulder. Slipped and polished irregularly, chiefly with vertical strokes. Dark red surface. Height 25.2 cms., body width 16.8 cms.'
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. 29, Pl. XXIIa.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Ear-lug pot, with ovoid body and forked ears.
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)


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2021.5089 | 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)
Complete ear-lug pot of red ware. Everted rim; long neck flaring towards body; globular body with two horizontal incised lines around shoulder; small, flat base. Two opposing vertical lugs on shoulder, with bifurcated tops and piercing at base. Slipped and polished irregularly, chiefly with vertical strokes.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:280450

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