Accession No
1951.1075 H
Description
Reconstructed piriform jug of polished redware. Wide mouth with everted rim atop elongated concave neck; single vertical rod handle springs from mid-neck and reattaches at shoulder; piriform body tapers to a flat base. Well mixed clay with mostly grit and small amounts of straw grog, fired to reddish-buff with dark grey core; surface finished with red slip, evenly polished to near matt finish. Reconstructed from sherds with small areas of loss on lower 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
1951.1075 H; 9 [Finds No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
374mm x 596mm x 374mm
Events
Context (Other)
The following pottery vessels are missing; Nos. 6, 16, 17, 21 and 33. See card 1951.1074.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Large-handled jug.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Find number 9, Tomb 90, 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. 88-94 and Plate IX.
Event Date 1950
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)
Reconstructed piriform jug of polished redware. Wide mouth with everted rim atop elongated concave neck; single vertical rod handle springs from mid-neck and reattaches at shoulder; piriform body tapers to a flat base. Well mixed clay with mostly grit and small amounts of straw grog, fired to reddish-buff with dark grey core; surface finished with red slip, evenly polished to near matt finish. Reconstructed from sherds with small areas of loss on lower body.
Event Date 12/3/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:280488
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