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 13, 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. p0. 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)
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)
Spout broken off but present.
Event Date 1/8/2000
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Large, swollen piriform jug with cut-away spout atop tall neck, upper portion of neck including spout and handle detached but present. Two circular nodules with flattened tops decorated with circular incisions project from neck below rim either side of handle; single vertical rod handle springs from spout to shoulder; swollen piriform body tapers to a small, flat base. Surface of neck, handle and upper body decorated with incised patterns formed from dots and lines, some containing traces of original lime infill. Well mixed clay with grit and straw grog, fired to buff with dark grey core; surface covered with red slip, evenly polished to near matt finish. Reconstructed from sherds with areas of plaster infill; upper portion of neck including spout and handle detached but present, in twelve pieces.
Event Date 14/3/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal