Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink on bottom: 'Vounous T.90 No.4.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
No. 4, Tomb 90, 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.91, no. 4.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Stewart (1950): 'Amphora. Ovoid body with flat base; concave neck with everted rim; two vertical concave lugs on shoulder. Well mixed clay with grit and straw grog, fired buff shading to grey-black on the interior, buff with grey core on the neck. Slipped and well but irregularly polished with vertical strokes on the body. Dark red surface, Remaining height 35.5 cms., width 26,1 cms. Top of neck missing.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Amphora with two handles and broken neck.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card notes that 'there were no sherds in the dromos of this tomb, all pottery coming from the chamber. There were two skeletons in this tomb, probably male and female, deposited at the same time. A spindle whorl accompanied the female (Skeleton B) and a bronze knife and whetstone the male (Skeleton A). None of these objects were handed over to this museum'.
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)
Incomplete, reconstructed amphora. Constricted, concave-sided neck; globular body with two opposing vertical, concave-topped lugs on shoulder; small, flat base. Slipped and polished with vertical strokes on body. Dark red surface. Upper part of neck broken off and missing.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)