Accession No

1951.1075 W


Description

Horn lug bowl, incised.


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 W; ANT.112.24 [Fitzwilliam Museum loan no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

80mm


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, No.27. 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)
Horn lug bowl, incised. Height 7.95 cm. Chamber No.27.
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)


Context (References)
Karageorghis, V. et al. (1999). The Art of Ancient Cyprus in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Nicosia: J.G. Cassoulides and Son. p. 6, no. 8 (illustrated)
Event Date 1999
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


FM:280503

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