Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: 'VOUNOUS. T. 84. No: 24'. [SIC]. No 21
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reading in black ink: 'Group of pottery from Tomb 84. Red Polished I'. [For photo see 1951.1074 B].
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)
From Tomb 84, No. 21, 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 and Plate VI A etc
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Globular pot with tall neck, incised, reconstructed.
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)

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)

Description (Physical description)
Round bodied pot with a long neck. Everted rim with four holes pierced in the top of the neck; two bands of horizontal incisions flank a central wavy line with dots below. The neck widens to a globular body decorated with incised chevrons; small, round and flat base. The lower section is red polished and the upper portion is black polished. Parts of the body and rim are reconstructed from plaster with small areas of loss. Well mixed clay with fine straw grog.
Event Date 23/2/2024
Author: Aedan Jones

Context (Amendments / updates)
The object is marked with the Location Number 24 however when consulting Vounous 1937-38 it became apparent this object did not match the illustration or the measurements given. Instead it is more likely to be no 21 as it matches the illustration and the measurements provided.
Event Date 23/2/2024
Author: Aedan Jones