Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink on the inside of rim: 'Vounous T.90 No.34.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
Tomb 90, no. 34, 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. Well mixed clay with grit and straw grog, fired grey-black with dark buff exterior face on lower body. Slipped and polished irregularly. Dark red surface with black upper body and interior. Height 8.7 cms., diameter 10.5 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. 34.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Horn lug bowl. Plain.
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)
Complete, reconstructed horn-lug bowl. Simple, upright rim; rounded body; rounded base. One small, tapering, cylindrical horn-lug handle attached to the side, with horizontal piercing at base. Slipped and polished, with grey-black upper part and interior and dark red base. Cracks present on body.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)