Accession No
1951.1075 N
Description
Vessel.
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 N
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
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)
From 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.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)
[This suffix has no entry on the catalogue card.]
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other owners)
Transferred to MAA in November 1951 from the Museum of Classical Archaeology.
Event Date 11/1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:280494
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