Accession No
1951.1074 T
Description
Piriform jug with cut-away spout atop tall neck; two circular nodules with flattened and pierced tops project from rim either side of handle; single vertical rod handle springs from spout to shoulder; thumbed impression at handle base with potter’s mark on body below; piriform body tapers to a flat base. Well mixed clay with grit and straw grog, fired to buff with grey-black core; surface covered with dark red slip, evenly polished to near matt finish. Reconstructed from sherds with areas of loss on body.
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 T; 20 [Finds No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
519mm
Events
Context (Other)
Pots numbered 18, 27 and 28 and pins numbered 29-30 are missing.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Find number 20, Tomb 84, 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. pp. 62-68 and Plate VI (a).
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Jug, with tall, cut away spout.
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)
Piriform jug with cut-away spout atop tall neck; two circular nodules with flattened and pierced tops project from rim either side of handle; single vertical rod handle springs from spout to shoulder; thumbed impression at handle base with potter’s mark on body below; piriform body tapers to a flat base. Well mixed clay with grit and straw grog, fired to buff with grey-black core; surface covered with dark red slip, evenly polished to near matt finish. Reconstructed from sherds with areas of loss on body.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:280469
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