Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink on the inside of rim: 'Vounous T.90 No.12.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
No. 12, 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.92, no. 12.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Stewart (1950): 'Jug. Piriform body with flat base; tall neck with cut-away spout; handle from spout base to shoulder; potter's mark on top of handle; either side of handle top a flat plain knob on neck. Well mixed clay with grit on the interior, buff with grey core on neck. Slipped and polished evenly. Medium red surface. Height 51.8 cms., width 29.4 cms.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Danlei Zhou

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)
Jug with cut away spout.
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)
Large jug with reconstructed neck. Simple, upright rim with cut-away spout; long, constricted, concave-sided neck; globular body, small, flat base. A circular handle runs from base of spout to shoulder; a small cylindrical knob at either side of handle top on neck. Slipped and polished, with red surface. Potter's mark on top of handle. Three sherds of rim and neck detached but present.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)