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 18, 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)
Jug with globular body and tall tapering neck. Incised.
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)
Neck broken off but present.
Event Date 8/2000
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Reconstructed globular jug with elongated neck and incised decoration, upper part of neck including mouth detached but present. Small mouth with sharply everted rim; long, cylindrical neck, tapering towards mouth; single vertical loop handle springs from neck midway down and reattaches at shoulder; globular body tapers to 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 reddish buff with dark grey core; finished with evenly polished dark red slip. Reconstructed from sherds with small areas of painted plaster infill.
Event Date 11/3/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal