Description (Physical description)
Marked in black ink on bottom: 'VOUNOUS T.84 No. 4'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
No. 4, Tomb 84, 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. Shape as (a) [1951.1074 A] but lugs horizontally pierced. Slipped and evenly polished. Red surface shading into black upper body and neck; white-filled incised decoration. Remaining height 21.6 cms., width 13 cms. Upper 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.64, Plate. VI, No. 4.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Ear lug pot (neck broken and restored). Black and red.
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)
Complete reconstructed ear-lug pot. Flat-topped, slightly everted rim; long, constricted neck; rounded body with two opposing vertical, pierced, triangular lugs on shoulder; small, flat base. Incised decoration comprising groups of oblique and horizontal straight lines, some dotted, on neck and body; lime fills the incised decoration. Slipped and evenly polished, with dark grey colouration to neck and upper body and orange red colouration near base.
Event Date 23/2/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)