Accession No
1951.1074 Z
Description
Conical bowl, with two horizontal lugs attached to upright rim, one lug with two piercings only partially survives, body tapers down to a flat base. Outer surface well smoothed, exterior and interior of rim red polished, interior black polished.
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 Z; 26 [Finds no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
92mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'VOUNOUS. T. 84. No: 26'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Other)
Pots numbered 18, 27 and 28 and pins numbered 29-30 are missing.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Number 26, Tomb 84, 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, pl. VI A no.26
Event Date 1950
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)
Description (Physical description)
Conical bowl with flat base and rim lugs.
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)
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)
Conical bowl, with two horizontal lugs attached to upright rim, one lug with two piercings only partially survives, body tapers down to a flat base. Outer surface well smoothed, exterior and interior of rim red polished, interior black polished.
Event Date 27/2/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:280475
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