Accession No

1951.1075 J


Description

Reconstructed amphora with wide mouth and slightly everted rim; short neck, slightly constricted above piriform body; two opposed vertical rod handles spring from neck to shoulder; body tapers to flat pedestal base. Course fabric with large amounts of grit and straw grog, fired to medium buff with a grey core. Surface is red slipped and smoothed, broken in numerous places by inclusions. Reconstructed from sherds with areas of plaster infill.


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 J; 11 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

371mm x 424mm x 371mm Weight 9.0kg


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)


Context (Field collection)
Find number 11, 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)


Description (Physical description)
Deep wide-mouthed amphora with two handles.
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 amphora with wide mouth and slightly everted rim; short neck, slightly constricted above piriform body; two opposed vertical rod handles spring from neck to shoulder; body tapers to flat pedestal base. Course fabric with large amounts of grit and straw grog, fired to medium buff with a grey core. Surface is red slipped and smoothed, broken in numerous places by inclusions. Reconstructed from sherds with areas of plaster infill.
Event Date 14/3/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:280490

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