Accession No
1951.1074 B
Description
Jug of buff fabric with red polished slip with a matt surface. Simple upright rim above concave neck; vertical rod handle, circular in section, from upper neck to shoulder with three short parallel diagonal incisions where the handle merges into the upper neck; rounded, ovoid body extending to a flat stump-like base. Partly reconstructed with parts of the rim 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
1951.1074 B; No. 1 [Finds No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
473mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'VOUNOUS T.84. NO: 1'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reading in black ink: 'Group of pottery from Tomb 84. Red Polished I'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (Other)
Pots numbered 18, 27 and 28 and pins numbered 29-30 are missing.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Found: From Tomb 84, No.1. 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.62-68, esp. p. 64 with plate VI a.1 and LVI b.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Large handled jug.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card (1951.1074 A-CC) notes that 'These vessels are considered to be contemporary (Red Polish II) accompanying a single burial. The pottery is all handmade and mostly coated with a red slip. Sometimes the upper part of the vessels is fired black and the lower red. The incised ornament sometimes has a white inlay.'
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)
Piece broken off from rim, but present. (S-J Harknett)
Event Date 31/7/2000
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other)
An empty pack of State Express 333 Cigarettes was found inside this vessel when it was examined by Rafael Laoutari in November 2019.
Event Date 11/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Large handled jug, largely reconstructed from sherds. Five sherds from the neck detached but present.
Event Date 13/5/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
Loan (Analysis)
Fitzwilliam Museum, 09/07/2019 to 31/12/2019, PhD study by Rafael Laoutari, at the request of Professor Cyprian Broodbank
Event Date 9/7/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Loan (Exhibition)
Fitzwilliam Museum, 14/02/2023 to 14/05/2023, Being An Islander
Event Date 14/2/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5763 | Remedial
Event Date 7/8/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Jug of buff fabric with red polished slip with a matt surface. Simple upright rim above concave neck; vertical rod handle, circular in section, from upper neck to shoulder with three short parallel diagonal incisions where the handle merges into the upper neck; rounded, ovoid body extending to a flat stump-like base. Partly reconstructed with parts of the rim missing.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:280451
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