Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink on the inside of rim: 'Vounous T.90 No.24.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
No. 24, Tomb 90, Vounous Site A. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Stewart (1950): 'Horn-lug bowl. Two tall lugs, one of which pierced horizontally at base. Slipped and polished. Red surface mottled black, upper body and interior black; white-filled incised decoration. Height to rim 9.1 cms., to top of lugs 11.5 cms., overall width 16.6 cms., diameter 11.5 cms.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Danlei Zhou

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.93, no. 24, plate LXX c.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Double horn lug bowl.
Event Date 1951
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)

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)
Almost complete horn-lug bowl. Simple, upright rim; squat, rounded body; rounded base. Two opposing tall tapering horn-lug handles attached to the side of body, projecting upwards, one pierced horizontally at base. Incised decoration comprising concentric semicircles on body, a straight, horizontal line in the middle and straight lines, some dotted, on lugs; lime fills the incised decoration. Slipped and polished, with grey-black upper part and interior and red base. Two fragments of lugs detached but present.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)