Accession No

1951.1081 G


Description

A platter with curved base, one round vertical knob-lug rising above the rim with two piercing/holes underneath it, and one square horizontal lug. Made of fired dark red buff with grey core. Slipped and polished in dark red on the exterior with black patches at the base and the rim.


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

1951.1081 G; 13 [Finds No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

38mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'VOUNOUS. T.151. No.13'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Tomb 151, no. 13, Vounous site B. Excavated by James Stewart, British School at Athens, 1937-1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Lucie Carreau


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. Plate: XLI b.
Event Date 1950
Author: Lucie Carreau


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: Lucie Carreau


Context (Found together / assemblage)
The following pots from this grave are missing 1-3, 6-9, 15- 17, 19-20 and 21-23. It is not certain whether this group is homogenous. See card 1951.1074.
Event Date 9/6/1992
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Shallow bowl or platter with rim projections.
Event Date 9/6/1992
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Shallow bowl or platter with rim projections. Broken and repaired.
Event Date 29/4/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


Loan (Analysis)
Fitzwilliam Museum, 09/07/2019 to 31/12/2019, PhD study by Rafael Laoutari, at the request of Professor Cyprian Broodbank
Event Date 9/7/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
A platter with curved base, one round vertical knob-lug rising above the rim with two piercing/holes underneath it, and one square horizontal lug. Made of fired dark red buff with grey core. Slipped and polished in dark red on the exterior with black patches at the base and the rim.
Event Date 26/2/2024
Author: Ikram Ghabriel


FM:283984

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